Buff-tailed Sicklebill - BirdForum Opus

Disambiguation: Buff-tailed Sicklebill is also sometimes used for Black-billed Sicklebill

Eutoxeres condamini

Identification

13-15 cm

• Dull green iridescent upperparts
• Dusky streaked white underparts
• Faint blue neck patch
• White tipped tail feathers
• Strongly decurved bill
• Deep buff outer three rectrices

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia Colombia, Bolivia, northern Ecuador and Peru.

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

Two subspecies are recognized:

• E. c. condamini:

• Eastern Andes (south-eastern Colombia to northern Peru)

• E. c. gracilis:

• Eastern Andes (Peru to north-western Bolivia)

Habitat

Undergrowth of humid forests and woods.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes nectar and small arthropods.

Breeding

The nest is attached to the underside of a leaf, a few metres above ground. The 2 white eggs are incubated by the female for 16-18 days; the young fledge 22-24 later.

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

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Buff-tailed Sicklebill. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Buff-tailed_Sicklebill

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