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Chlorostilbon assimilis

Photo by Gambia14 in Canopy Lodge, El Valle, Panama

[edit] Identification

7.5cm. Bill black, short, and straight (1.25cm).

Male: entirely metallic green with white leg tufts (usually not visible in the field). Tail blue-black and forked.

Female: Green above. Face dusky with buffy streak beind eye. Pale grey below with some green on sides. Tail blue-black with greyish tips to outers. Not forked.

[edit] Distribution

South-west Costa Rica and Panama.

[edit] Taxonomy

This monotypic species was considered part of the Blue-tailed Emerald in the past.

[edit] Habitat

Quite common in open areas, gardens and woodland egdes in lowlands and some foothills.

[edit] Behaviour

Usually seen feeding on flowers close to the ground. Higher when trees in flower.

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