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Photo by COLOMBIA Birding
Montezuma, western Andes, Colombia, February 2011
Arremon castaneiceps

Lysurus castaneiceps

Identification

11.5cm

  • Olive green (the male being more strongly coloured around the head)
  • Orange to dark yellow bib
  • Long stripe from the beak to the 'ear' both above and below the eye
  • Black bib below and surrounding the orange bib

Female: Paler and lacks the black bib

Distribution

South America: found locally in the Andes from Colombia to Ecuador and south-eastern Peru.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

Placed in genus Lysurus by some authorities.

Habitat

Cloud forest..

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist

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