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Male.  Photo by Jim Crosswell Location: Finca Oro, Costa Rica
Male. Photo by Jim Crosswell
Location: Finca Oro, Costa Rica


Discosura conversii

Popelairia conversii

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[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1]. All major taxonomic sources place this species in genus Discosura, but in the past it was placed in genus Popelairia, and some field guides use that genus name.

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

  1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

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