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

Mitrospingus cassinii

[edit] Identification

18cm.

• Black head
• Olive green crown
• Olive green chest and belly
• Pale iris

[edit] Distribution

Costa Rica through Panama and Colombia to Ecuador. Caribbean side in northern half, switching over to Pacific side in central Panama.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized¹:

• M. c. costaricensis:

• Caribbean lowlands of eastern Costa Rica and extreme western Panama

• M. c. cassinii:

• Tropical eastern Panama to western Colombia and western Ecuador

[edit] Habitat

Forest edge and thickets in lowlands often near streams.

[edit] Behaviour

Often remain in dense cover.

[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. costaricalink

• List of references

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