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:*Eastern [[Venezuela]], the [[Guianas]] and Rio Negro region of norfth-western [[Brazil]]
 
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:*East [[Colombia]] to [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], northern [[Bolivia]] and north-western Brazil
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:*East [[Colombia]] to [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], northern [[Bolivia]] and Amazonian Brazil
 
*''C. l. calcirupicola'':
 
*''C. l. calcirupicola'':
 
:*Eastern Brazil (southeastern Goiás, southwestern Bahia, and northern Minas Gerais)
 
:*Eastern Brazil (southeastern Goiás, southwestern Bahia, and northern Minas Gerais)

Revision as of 23:48, 3 April 2018

Subspecies obscurus (aequatorialis)
Photo by Luis R
Moyobamba, San Martin, Peru, March 2018
Campylopterus largipennis

Identification

Photo by Anselmo d Affonseca
Amazonas, Brazil, March, 2014

12·4–14·9 cm (4¾-5¾ in)
Sexes very similar
Male

  • Slightly de-curved bill
  • Black upper mandible
  • Black-tipped pinkish lower mandible

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies[1]:

  • C. l. largipennis:
  • C. l. obscurus:
  • C. l. calcirupicola:
  • Eastern Brazil (southeastern Goiás, southwestern Bahia, and northern Minas Gerais)
  • C. l. diamantinensis:
  • South-eastern Brazil (Serra Espinhaço in Minas Gerais)

Habitat

Humid lowland, river-edge forests E of Andes, observed at heights between 488 m (1,600 ft) and 860 m (2,822 ft).

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of nectar.

Breeding

They build a cup-shaped nest from moss.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2014 & April 2018)
  4. BF Member observations

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External Links

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