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;[[:Category:Leucopternis|Leucopternis]] albicollis | ;[[:Category:Leucopternis|Leucopternis]] albicollis | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
46-56 cm. White head, body and underwings, black upper wings, very short black tail with a broad white band. The bill is black and the legs are yellow. | 46-56 cm. White head, body and underwings, black upper wings, very short black tail with a broad white band. The bill is black and the legs are yellow. | ||
The sexes are similar, but females are larger and heavier. Immature birds have extensive black spotting on the upperparts and dark-streaked whitish underparts. | The sexes are similar, but females are larger and heavier. Immature birds have extensive black spotting on the upperparts and dark-streaked whitish underparts. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]<br /> | ||
[[Mexico]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Panama]], [[Honduras]], [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]] and [[Brazil]]. | [[Mexico]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Panama]], [[Honduras]], [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]] and [[Brazil]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | There are four subspecies: | + | There are four subspecies:<br /> |
| − | + | *''L. a. ghiesbreghti'': | |
| − | ''L. a. ghiesbreghti'' | + | :*Southern [[Mexico]] to [[Nicaragua]]. White, black markings on the outer primaries, black sub-terminal tail bar, yellow eyes. |
| − | + | *''L. a. costaricensis'': | |
| − | ''L. a. costaricensis'' | + | :*[[Honduras]], [[Panama]] and [[Colombia]]. Distinct black markings on the wings and tail, brown eyes. |
| − | + | *''L. a. williaminae'': | |
| − | ''L. a. williaminae'' | + | :*North-western [[Colombia]] and western [[Venezuela]]. Wing feathers heavily marked with black, black streaks on the crown and collar, broader tail band, brown eyes. |
| − | + | *''L. a. albicollis'': | |
| − | + | :*Northern [[Colombia]], central [[Venezuela]] to [[Brazil]]. Smaller than the northern forms, black wings with white markings, black tail band extending to base of tail, brown eyes. | |
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Lowland forests and woodland. | Lowland forests and woodland. | ||
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It builds a large stick platform nest in a tree and 1 dark-blotched blue-white egg is laid. | It builds a large stick platform nest in a tree and 1 dark-blotched blue-white egg is laid. | ||
| − | + | ==References== | |
| + | #Wikipedia | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Leucopternis+albicollis}} | {{GSearch|Leucopternis+albicollis}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Leucopternis]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Leucopternis]] | ||
Revision as of 19:13, 22 May 2009
- Leucopternis albicollis
Identification
46-56 cm. White head, body and underwings, black upper wings, very short black tail with a broad white band. The bill is black and the legs are yellow.
The sexes are similar, but females are larger and heavier. Immature birds have extensive black spotting on the upperparts and dark-streaked whitish underparts.
Distribution
Central and South America
Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil.
Taxonomy
There are four subspecies:
- L. a. ghiesbreghti:
- L. a. costaricensis:
- L. a. williaminae:
- L. a. albicollis:
Habitat
Lowland forests and woodland.
Behaviour
The diet includes reptiles, insects and mammals.
It builds a large stick platform nest in a tree and 1 dark-blotched blue-white egg is laid.
References
- Wikipedia
