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Calliphlox amethystina

Male
Photo by Carlos Henrique
Mogi-das-Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 2008

[edit] Identification

8.6 cm
Male - straight black bill, forked tail, amethyst throat, white band across the chest.
Female - whitish underparts with green spots on the throat and a short tail.

[edit] Distribution

Widespread throughout tropical South America to north-east Argentina and southern Brazil.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

One subspecies, Calliphlox orthura, is recognised by some authors^[2]

Female
Photo by Luiz
Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 2006

[edit] Habitat

Forest edge and more open habitats, including caatinga etc. Visits garden feeders.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes nectar.

Immature
Photo by JWN Andrewes
Serra dos Tucanos, Brazil, October 2005

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• Arthur Grosset's Birds