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Ramphomicron dorsale

Female
Photo by COLOMBIA Birding
Santa Marta Mountains, Colombia, July 2010

[edit] Identification

Very short bill and elongated body shape.
Male: upperside including tail very dark (may shine purple in the right light), throat a green gorget, breast rufous intermixed with green, and lower belly and crissum white to grey. Tail is deeply forked.
Female: upperside green with rufous uppertail coverts, underside white with green spots on throat and flanks. Tail less strongly forked than male, dark blue to purple with white tips and edge.

[edit] Distribution

Endemic to Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia)

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Mid to high elevation in humid areas including forest borders and semiopen areas to high-altitude grassland; readily visits garden feeders.

[edit] Behaviour

Usually solitary, and apt to fourage at all levels in the forest.

Insects (in addition to nectar) are important as food for this species, it both gleans and flycatches.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156

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