- Amazilia tzacatl
Identification
10-12 cm. Green throat (edged whitish in the female), crown, back and flanks are green tinged golden, pale grey belly, rufous vent and rump and the slightly forked tail with a dusky tip. The almost straight bill is red with a black tip.
Distribution
Mexico, through Central America and Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Open country, river banks, woodland, scrub, forest edge, coffee plantations and gardens up to 1850 m.
Behaviour
The female builds a compact cup nest from plant-fibre and dead leaves 1-6 m high on a thin horizontal twig. 2 white eggs are laid and incubated solely by the female for 15-19 days, and fledging another 20-26.
The diet includes nectar, taken from a variety of flowers, and it also takes small insects.
