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Male
Photo by Steve G
Asa Wright, Trinidad, May 2006

Chlorestes notata

Chlorostilbon notatus

[edit] Identification

9 cm
Male

• Dark green upperparts
• Paler green underparts
• White thighs
• Blue upper throat
• Forked metallic blue tail
• Black upper mandible, red lower
  

Female:green-spotted white underparts.

[edit] Distribution

Female
Photo by brianram
Yerrete, Trinidad, January 2012

Colombia to Peru, Brazil, and The Guianas.

[edit] Taxonomy

Proposals have been made to transfer this species to genus Chlorostilbon

[edit] Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• C. n. notata:

• Northern Colombia to Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, Guianas, eastern Brazil

• C. n. puruensis:

• South-eastern Colombia to north-eastern Peru and north-western Brazil

• C. n. obsoletus:

• North-eastern Peru (lower Río Ucayali near mouth of Río Napo)

[edit] Habitat

Rainforest and cultivated areas with large trees.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

The nest is a deep cup made from lichen and plant material. The eggs are incubated for 16 days and the young fledge 18-19 days later.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects and nectar.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

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