Capped Conebill - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo © by Michael W
Nono-Mindo Rd, Tandayapa Valley, Ecuador, 10 March 2007

Conirostrum albifrons

Identification

13–13·5 cm
Sexually dimorphic:
Male is largely black, with subtle blue crown
Female has light brown head, gray chest and belly, and olive back.

Distribution

Female
Photo © by Wilson Diaz
Atuen valley. Amazonas, Peru, 15 July 2018

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia on both slopes of Andes, but more common in East.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Six subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• C. a. albifrons:

• Central and eastern Andes of Colombia and western Venezuela (Táchira)

• C. a. centralandium:

• Central Andes of Colombia (Antioquia to Cauca)

• C. a. cyanonotum:

• Coastal mountains of northern Venezuela (Aragua and Distrito Federal)

• C. a. atrocyaneum:

• Andes of south-western Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru

• C. a. sordidum:

• Andes of southern Peru (Junín) to western Bolivia (La Paz)

• C. a. lugens:

• Yungas of eastern Bolivia (Cochabamba and Santa Cruz)

Habitat

Upper subtropical and temperate forest.

Behaviour

Stays high in the trees, wags tail incessantly.

Moves around in family groups often with large mixed-species flocks.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Lepage D. (2020) Avibase Retrieved 24 August 2020

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Capped Conebill. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Capped_Conebill

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