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Photo by John Keep
Hotel Gavilan near La Selva, Costa Rica, March 2006

Ramphocelus sanguinolentus

[edit] Identification

19–20cm

• Black plumage
• Red nape, neck and breast forming a collar
• Red tail coverts
• Pale blue bill
• Blue grey legs
  

Juvenile Similar to adult

• Dull red hood
• Black plumage is tinged brown
• Red and black mottled breast
• Duller bill

[edit] Similar Species

Crimson-collared Grosbeak

[edit] Distribution

Central America from southeast Mexico to Panama.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• R. s. sanguinolentus:

• Tropical south-eastern Mexico (Veracruz) to Guatemala and Honduras

• R. s. apricus:

• Caribbean slope of eastern Honduras to north-western Panama (Almirante Bay)

[edit] Habitat

Rain Forest and second growth and semi-open areas, observed at heights around 1,524 m (5,000 ft).

[edit] Behaviour

The cup shaped nest is made from moss, roots and strips of large leaves. The clutch consists of 2 pale blue eggs with blackish spots.

[edit] Vocalisation

Call: ssi-p
Song: tueee-teew, chu-chee-wee-chu, teweee.

[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. BF Member observations
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

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