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Male
Photo by BevScott
Benito Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico
Diglossa baritula

Identification

Distribution

Central America: found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Female
Photo by Peter R. Bono
Location: Las Guacamayas, Oaxaca, Mexico, July 2009

There are 3 subspecies[1]:

  • D. b. baritula:
  • Highlands of central Mexico (south-eastern Jalisco to Isthmus of Tehuántepec)
  • D. b. montana:
  • D. b. parva:

Habitat

Suburban gardens, flowering fields. Observered at 9000 meters elevation.

Behaviour

Immature
Photo by Oregonian
Guatemala City, Guatemala, May 28, 2006

The diet includes nectar.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia
  4. BF Member observations

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