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Photo © by COLOMBIA Birding
Pirre, Darien, Panama, September 2014

Alternative name: Rufous-cheeked Hummingbird

Goldmania bella

Goethalsia bella

Identification

8·4–9·5 cm
Male

  • Straight black bill has reddish mandible
  • Chestnut forehead and lores
  • Metallic green upperparts

Distribution

Central and South America: found in the highlands of eastern Panama (Darién) and extreme north-western Colombia.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1], which was formerly placed as the only member of genus Goethalsia.

Habitat

Moist montane forests and forest edges at heights around 600 and 1500 m.

Behaviour

Diet

They feed on flowering shrubs and small trees.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Schulenberg, T. S. and C. W. Sedgwick (2021). Pirre Hummingbird (Goldmania bella), version 1.1. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.ruchum1.01.1

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