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Electron carinatum

[edit] Identification

30–38 cm. Rufous forehead, black mask, light turquoise streak above mask. Upperparts green, underparts greenish with light turquoise chin and black spot on chest.

[edit] Distribution

Mexico to northern Costa Rica.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species described by Bernard Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847, Guatemala. .

[edit] Habitat

Tropical lowland and some montane rainforest.

[edit] Behaviour

They excavate a nest in river banks.

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