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Chlorostilbon assimilis
Photo by Gambia14 in Canopy Lodge, El Valle, Panama

Identification

9cm. Bill short and straight (1.25cm).

Male: entirely metallic green with white leg tufts. Tail blue-black and forked.

Female: Green above. Face dusky with buffy streak beind eye. Pale grey below with some green on sides. Tail blue-black with greyish tips to outers. Not forked.

Distribution

SW Costa Rica, Panama

Taxonomy

Habitat

Quite common in open areas, gardens and woodland egdes in lowlands and some foothills.

Behaviour

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