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Photo by COLOMBIA Birding
West Andes, Colombia, November 2011
Chrysothlypis salmoni

Identification

Distribution

South America: found on the Pacific slope of Andes of Colombia and north-western Ecuador.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Cloud Forest.

Behaviour

Often joins mixed species flocks when searching for insects, berries, etc.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist

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