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Buenaventura, Ecuador
Schistes albogularis

Identification

This species has a very sharp bill (it is very narrow when seen from above). The throat is white.

Distribution

Western and Central Andes of Colombia and western Ecuador.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
Formerly considered conspecific with Geoffroy’s Wedgebill under the name Wedge-billed Hummingbird.

Habitat

Moist montane forests.

Behaviour

This species uses its sharp bill to pierce a hole near the bottom of a flower to rob the nectar through this back door. It does so at relatively large flowers such as Heliconia.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  1. SACC proposal (not passed) to lump genus Schistes into Augastes

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