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Male. Photo by stephennj
Location: Costa Rica, January 2008

Selenidera spectabilis

[edit] Identification

Black underside except for yellow on flanks, chestnut thighs, and red undertail coverts. Upperside olive-green with slaty grey tail. Male has mostly black head with yellow on auriculars and bare skin around eyes green with yellow and blue; female lacks the yellow on auriculars and have a chestnut crown and rear neck. Bill dark; upper mandible has a pale area above a diagonal from the lower tip to the upper base.

[edit] Distribution

Female. Photo by Birdingcraft
Location: Quebrada Gonzalez, Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica, January 2009

Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and northern Ecuador.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland forests and montanes.

[edit] Behaviour

These birds like the fruit of certain palm species.

They often stay in dense vegetation.

[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. Birdforum member personal observations

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