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;[[:Category:Chaetocercus|Chaetocercus]] heliodor
 
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''Acestrura heliodor''
 
''Acestrura heliodor''
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==Identification==
 
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
This is a scarce hummingbird found on the eastern side of the Andes.
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This is a scarce hummingbird found on the eastern side of the Andes in [[Central America|Central]] and north-western [[South America]]: found in [[Panama]], [[Colombia]] [[Venezuela]] and [[Ecuador]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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*''C. h. heliodor'':
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:*Andes of [[Colombia]] and western [[Ecuador]] to north-western [[Venezuela]] (Mérida)
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*''C. h. cleavesi'':
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:*Andes of north-eastern [[Ecuador]]
 
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Temperate forest
 
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase
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Photo by steveblain
The individual pictured is a female
Photographed: Guango, Ecuador
Chaetocercus heliodor

Acestrura heliodor

Identification

Distribution

This is a scarce hummingbird found on the eastern side of the Andes in Central and north-western South America: found in Panama, Colombia Venezuela and Ecuador

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

  • C. h. heliodor:
  • C. h. cleavesi:

Habitat

Temperate forest

Behaviour

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. Avibase

Recommended Citation

External Links

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