- Colibri cyanotus
Identification
10·5–11·5 cm (4-4½ in)
- Mostly green, including vent
- Violet at sides of head does not meet under bill
Sexes similar
Similar species
Sparkling Violetear, and in the northern half of Central America, Mexican Violetear
Distribution
Costa Rica to western Panama in Central America, and separate from that in the Andes from Colombia and Venezuela to Bolivia and just into Argentina
Taxonomy
Formerly considered conspecific with Mexican Violetear under the name Green Violetear.
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized[1]:
- C. t. cabanidis:
- Highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama
- C. t. cyanotus:
- C. t. crissalis:
Habitat
Relatively wide options from humid forest and second-growth to coffee plantations and open hillsides with bushes.
Behaviour
Diet
They visit the flowers of a variety of shrubs and herbs.
Vocalisation
Sings while motionless on a high perch.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- SACC Baseline read January 2010#Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2016. IOC World Bird Names (version 6.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Lesser Violetear. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Lesser_Violetear
External Links
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