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Photo by Stanley Jones
Refugio Paz de los Aves, Ecuador, December, 2007

Pharomachrus auriceps

[edit] Identification

Length 33.5-35.5cm. Brilliant emeral green above, with scarlet chest and belly. Wings black with white patches. Bill orange-yellow. Head is forest green with golden sheen on top.

[edit] Distribution

Central America: Panama
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

[edit] Taxonomy

Two subspecies are recognized:^[1]

• P. a. hargitti - Mountains of eastern Colombia and western Venezuela
• P. a. auriceps - Mountains of eastern Panama to northern Bolivia

[edit] Habitat

Subcanopy and mid-levels of subtropical and temperate forest on both slopes of the Andes, mostly between 1000 and 2800m.

[edit] Behaviour

Diet: Frugivorous. Swoops to take fruit with a flutter of wings.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• View movie-file of this species (in Picasa video format) here.