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Cozumel, Yucatán, Mexico, August 2006

Melanoptila glabrirostris

[edit] Identification

20cm. All black-blue body, amber eyes, dark bill.

[edit] Distribution

East Mexico (Yucatán Peninsula) and N Honduras.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic, no subspecies^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Forests, thick brush and hedges.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes seeds. berries and fruits.

[edit] Breeding

It builds a bulky cup nest of twigs and grass, placed in dense bushes and small trees. 2 greenish-blue 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.

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