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Revision as of 13:07, 16 June 2012

Male
Photo by BirdsPeru
Iquitos, Peru, July 2003
Claravis pretiosa

Identification

20 cm
Male

  • Blue-grey upperparts
  • Pale grey underparts
  • Greyish-white face
  • Black flight feathers and outer tail feathers
  • Black spots on wings
  • Red or yellow iris
  • Bare green eye ring
  • Pink legs

Female

  • Greyish-brown head, neck and breast
  • Pale blue-grey underwings and belly
  • Reddish-brown back
  • Chestnut rump and tail

Distribution

Central and South America
Central America: South-eastern Mexico (San Luis Potosí), Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, to southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argentina.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Humid open woodland, forest edges, clearings and roadsides, montane forest to 1200 m.

Behaviour

Breeding

It builds a frail dish-shaped twiggy nest. The clutch consists of 2 white eggs.

Diet

The diet includes seeds and insects.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia

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