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Photo by Daveash
Location: Macae, RJ Brazil.

Eupetomena macroura

Campylopterus macrourus

[edit] Identification

15-17 cm. Iridescent green, blue head, upper chest, tail and vent. It has a slightly decurved medium-long black bill. The sexes are very similar, but females average smaller and duller than males. Juvenile browner.

[edit] Distribution

South-eastern Suriname, central and coastal French Guiana (where rare), Brazil (but not in the Amazonian area), eastern Peru, northeast Bolivia, and Paraguay.

[edit] Taxonomy

Photo by mdiniz
Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil June 2009.

Five subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• E.m. macroura
• E.m. simoni
• E.m. boliviana
• E.m. hirundo
• E.m. cyanoviridis.

Some authorities place this species in the genus Campylopterus.

[edit] Habitat

Lowland semi-open habitat.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes nectar and insects.

The nest is a cup-shaped made of plant fibres, lichen, mosses, and spider webs, which is placed on a horizontal twig. 2 eggs are laid and incubated for 15 days, and the chicks fledge after 22-24 days.

[edit] References

1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
2. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156

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