Golden-tailed Sapphire - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by Luis R
Amaranta, Los Teques, Estado Miranda, Venezuela, June 2013

Chrysuronia oenone

Identification

9·5–10 cm

• Black maxilla
• Black-tipped red mandible
• Blue head and throat

Distribution

North-west South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Male : Ssp. josephinae
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Waganqui Lodge, Moyobamba, San Martín, Peru, Dec-2016

Three subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• C. o. oenone:

• Eastern Colombia to eastern Venezuela, eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru and western Brazil

• C. o. josephinae:

• Tropical eastern Amazonian Peru

• C. o. alleni:

• Northern Bolivia

Habitat

Humid lowland and montane forests, clearings and edges; also in the gallery of old second growth forests. Observed at heights around 860 m,.

Behaviour

Diet

Female, subspecies josephinae
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Moyobamba, Amazonas Department, Peru, November 2013

Takes the nectar from flowering trees and shrubs.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2017)
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Golden-tailed Sapphire. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Golden-tailed_Sapphire

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