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| + | [[Image:Green_Honeycreeper.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male on left - Female on right, this should be subspecies ''spiza''<br />Photo by {{user|Dave+B+Smith|Dave B Smith}} <br />[[Asa Wright Nature Centre|Asa Wright]], [[Trinidad]]<br />Note: this image exaggerates the blue in the plumage of the male, look at other images in the gallery by following the link at the end of this entry]] | ||
;[[: Category:Chlorophanes|Chlorophanes]] spiza | ;[[: Category:Chlorophanes|Chlorophanes]] spiza | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | Male is overall blue-green with a black hood which covers the crown and the auriculars and goes down into a tip on the side of the neck. Bill is slender and decurved, yellow except for the upper half of upper mandible, which is black. Eye is red in adult, reddish-brown in the immature which otherwise looks like a female. Female is overall green with the bill imitating the bill of the male. Both sexes have gray legs. | + | Male is overall blue-green with a black hood which covers the crown and the [[Topography#Heads|auriculars]] and goes down into a tip on the side of the neck. Bill is slender and decurved, yellow except for the upper half of upper mandible, which is black. Eye is red in adult, reddish-brown in the immature which otherwise looks like a female. Female is overall green with the bill imitating the bill of the male. Both sexes have gray legs. |
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Image:Birdforum 074.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Lcverissimo|Lcverissimo}}<br />Ubatuba, São Paulo, [[Brazil]], September 2012]] | ||
Green Honeycreeper is found from [[Mexico]] through [[Central America]] and [[South America]] to [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], and [[Bolivia]], and east through [[Venezuela]] and the [[Guianas]] to eastern [[Brazil]]; also in [[Trinidad]]. | Green Honeycreeper is found from [[Mexico]] through [[Central America]] and [[South America]] to [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], and [[Bolivia]], and east through [[Venezuela]] and the [[Guianas]] to eastern [[Brazil]]; also in [[Trinidad]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | + | Honeycrepers are grouped with Tanagers. | |
| + | ====Subspecies==== | ||
| + | There are 7 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | ||
| + | *''C. s. guatemalensis'': | ||
| + | :*Southern [[Mexico]] (Oaxaca) to [[Guatemala]], [[Belize]] and [[Honduras]] | ||
| + | *''C. s. arguta'': | ||
| + | :*Extreme eastern Honduras to north-western [[Colombia]] | ||
| + | *''C. s. exsul'': | ||
| + | :*Tropical south-western Colombia to western [[Ecuador]] and extreme north-western [[Peru]] | ||
| + | *''C. s. subtropicalis'': | ||
| + | :*Andes of Colombia and western [[Venezuela]] | ||
| + | *''C. s. caerulescens'': | ||
| + | :*South-eastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and western [[Bolivia]] | ||
| + | *''C. s. spiza'': | ||
| + | :*Eastern Colombia to Venezuela, the [[Guianas]] and northern [[Brazil]]; [[Trinidad]] | ||
| + | *''C. s. axillaris'': | ||
| + | :*Coastal eastern Brazil (Pernambuco to Santa Catarina) | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Humid forest, mainly in the canopy | Humid forest, mainly in the canopy | ||
==Behavior== | ==Behavior== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
Eats fruits, a little nectar and the occasional insect. Will also frequent fruit feeders as for example Asa Wright in Trinidad. | Eats fruits, a little nectar and the occasional insect. Will also frequent fruit feeders as for example Asa Wright in Trinidad. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Chlorophanes+spiza}} | {{GSearch|Chlorophanes+spiza}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Chlorophanes]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Chlorophanes]] | ||
Revision as of 19:56, 16 October 2014
Male on left - Female on right, this should be subspecies spiza
Photo by Dave B Smith
Asa Wright, Trinidad
Note: this image exaggerates the blue in the plumage of the male, look at other images in the gallery by following the link at the end of this entry
Photo by Dave B Smith
Asa Wright, Trinidad
Note: this image exaggerates the blue in the plumage of the male, look at other images in the gallery by following the link at the end of this entry
- Chlorophanes spiza
Description
Male is overall blue-green with a black hood which covers the crown and the auriculars and goes down into a tip on the side of the neck. Bill is slender and decurved, yellow except for the upper half of upper mandible, which is black. Eye is red in adult, reddish-brown in the immature which otherwise looks like a female. Female is overall green with the bill imitating the bill of the male. Both sexes have gray legs.
Distribution
Green Honeycreeper is found from Mexico through Central America and South America to Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, and east through Venezuela and the Guianas to eastern Brazil; also in Trinidad.
Taxonomy
Honeycrepers are grouped with Tanagers.
Subspecies
There are 7 subspecies[1]:
- C. s. guatemalensis:
- C. s. arguta:
- Extreme eastern Honduras to north-western Colombia
- C. s. exsul:
- C. s. subtropicalis:
- Andes of Colombia and western Venezuela
- C. s. caerulescens:
- South-eastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and western Bolivia
- C. s. spiza:
- C. s. axillaris:
- Coastal eastern Brazil (Pernambuco to Santa Catarina)
Habitat
Humid forest, mainly in the canopy
Behavior
Diet
Eats fruits, a little nectar and the occasional insect. Will also frequent fruit feeders as for example Asa Wright in Trinidad.
References
- 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/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green Honeycreeper. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green_Honeycreeper
