Bicolored Conebill - BirdForum Opus

Adult. Photo by RKA
Cacandee, Trinidad, February 2004

Conirostrum bicolor

Identification

11.4 cm.
Adult: Grayish blue upperparts. Underparts creamy.
The immature birds are dull grayish above, yellowish on the face and breast and paler whitish on the lower belly.

They also have a very pointed bill and pinkish legs.

Juvenile. Photo by njlarsen
Caroni Swamp, Trinidad, March 2010

Distribution

Caribbean and South America
Caribbean: Trinidad
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 2 subspecies:

• C. b. bicolor:

• Trinidad and coastal northern Colombia to the Guianas and northern Brazil

• C. b. minus:

• Tropical eastern Ecuador to extreme north-eastern Peru (Loreto) and western Brazil

Habitat

Found primarily in mangroves along the coast and along the Amazon River.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects and seeds.

Vocalisation

The call is a thin tseep.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Ber van Perlo. 2009. A field guide to the Birds of Brazil. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530155-7
3. Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - the passerines. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, USA. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8
4. Kenefick, Restall, Hayes, 2007. Field guide to the birds of Trinidad and Tobago. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-13557-2
5. Avibase
6. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bicolored Conebill. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bicolored_Conebill

External Links

• Arthur Grosset's Birds

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