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Male. Photo by Luiz
Location: Serrinha do Alambari, Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Thalurania glaucopis

[edit] Identification

Male: Bright violet cap and bib, brilliant green underparts.
Female: green cap and back, sides green flecked with gold, dirty white underparts, pale tip to the tail.

[edit] Distribution

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Female
Photo by Luiz
Intervales State Park, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 2009

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland forests and montanes.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes mainly nectar though small insects are occasionally taken.

[edit] Breeding

"In nuptial displays male makes semicircular flights around perched female while displaying iridescent crown and breast." Helmut Sick, Birds in Brazil, translated by William Belton, Princeton University Press 1993.

[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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