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| - | [[Image:Black_Catbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|steenl|steenl}}<br />Location: Cozumel, [[Yucatán]], [[Mexico]]]] | + | [[Image:Black_Catbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|steenl|steenl}}<br />Cozumel, [[Yucatán]], [[Mexico]], August 2006]] |
| | ;[[:Category:Melanoptila|Melanoptila]] glabrirostris | | ;[[:Category:Melanoptila|Melanoptila]] glabrirostris |
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| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | 20cm. All black-blue body, amber eyes, dark bill. | | 20cm. All black-blue body, amber eyes, dark bill. |
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| | East [[Mexico]] (Yucatán Peninsula) and N [[Honduras]]. | | East [[Mexico]] (Yucatán Peninsula) and N [[Honduras]]. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | Monotypic, no subspecies. | + | Monotypic, no subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | Forests, thick brush and hedges. | | Forests, thick brush and hedges. |
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| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | ====Diet==== |
| | The diet includes seeds. berries and fruits. | | The diet includes seeds. berries and fruits. |
| - | | + | ====Breeding==== |
| | It builds a bulky cup nest of twigs and grass, placed in dense bushes and small trees. 2 greenish-blue eggs are laid. | | It builds a bulky cup nest of twigs and grass, placed in dense bushes and small trees. 2 greenish-blue eggs are laid. |
| - | | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}} |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Melanoptila+glabrirostris}} | | {{GSearch|Melanoptila+glabrirostris}} |
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| | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Melanoptila]] | | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Melanoptila]] |
Current revision
- Melanoptila glabrirostris
[edit] Identification
20cm. All black-blue body, amber eyes, dark bill.
[edit] Distribution
East Mexico (Yucatán Peninsula) and N Honduras.
[edit] Taxonomy
Monotypic, no subspecies[1].
[edit] Habitat
Forests, thick brush and hedges.
[edit] Behaviour
The diet includes seeds. berries and fruits.
[edit] Breeding
It builds a bulky cup nest of twigs and grass, placed in dense bushes and small trees. 2 greenish-blue eggs are laid.
[edit] References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
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