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Photo by Stanley Jones
Parque Nacional Volcán Poás, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, March 2006

Pezopetes capitalis

[edit] Identification

Length 20 cm., Weight 56gm.

• Slender bill
• Large, powerful feet and legs
• Slate grey head with black crown stripes
• Black on throat, forehead and crown sides
• Dark olive upperparts
• Black wings and tail with olive fringes
• Bright olive underparts
• Brown tint to flanks and lower belly

[edit] Immature

• Streaked, dark olive head
• Blackish scaling to upperparts
• Buff-olive underparts

[edit] Similar Species

The Costa Rican Brush Finch has a white throat and belly.

[edit] Distribution

Central Cordillera of Costa Rica and western Panama. Endemic.

[edit] Taxonomy

This species is monotypic.^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Undergrowth of mountain forests.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

• Breeding: The female builds a cup shaped nest of plant material and 1-2 brown marked white or blue-white eggs are laid; incubation is done by the female for 12-14 days.
• Diet: Includes insects, spiders, berries and seeds.
• Voice: A mix of whistles, warbles, chatter and mimicry.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

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