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Bolborhynchus lineola

Photo by madpitta
Paraiso Quetzal, Costa Rica, January, 2013

[edit] Identification

15cm

• Green with black stripes
  

Sexes similar.

[edit] Distribution

Central and South America
Central America: southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, western Panama
South America: Colombia, north-western Venezuela, Ecuador, southern Peru

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are 2 subspecies

• B. l. lineola:

• Humid montane forests of southern Mexico to western Panama

• B. l. tigrinus:

• Mountains of north-western Venezuela and Colombia to southern Peru

[edit] Habitat

Forests in mountains, mostly high but registered in Panama down to 600 m asl.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

The 4-5 eggs are incubated for about 18 days; the young fledge about five weeks later.

[edit] Diet

They like seeding bamboo, but also other seeds and fruit and insect larvae.

[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. Wikipedia

• List of references

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