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Photo by Peter R. Bono
Location: El Sumidero Canyon, Chiapas, Mexico
Date: 2009-07-18

Xenotriccus callizonus

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Central America: found in the highlands of southern Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala and El Salavdor.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Dry forests.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects.

[edit] Breeding

It builds a cup shaped nest from fine grass and other plant fibres, situated in a fork of a shrub. Three eggs are laid.

[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. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Wikipedia
3. BirdLife International

• List of references

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