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==References== | ==References== | ||
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| + | #[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=3112758 Birdforum thread] discussing the taxonomy of Blossomcrowns, including the proposal to split them into two species. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Anthocephala+floriceps}} | {{GSearch|Anthocephala+floriceps}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Anthocephala]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Anthocephala]] | ||
Revision as of 00:47, 14 November 2014
- Anthocephala floriceps
Identification
8.4 cm
Male
- Green above
- White postocular streak
- Grey-buff underparts
- White and chestnut crown
- Buffy-white forecrown
- Rufous-chestnut hindcrown
- Bronze-green central tail feathers
- Short black bill
- berlepschi with large white tips to tail
Female: brownish crown, otherwise similar
Distribution
Endemic to Colombia.
A restricted-range species. Generally rare but locally very common in parts of Santa Marta.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized[1]:
- A. f. floriceps:
- Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia)
- A. f. berlepschi:
- Eastern slope of Central Andes of Colombia (Magdalena Valley)
These two subspecies might really be separate species, see references
Habitat
Understory of evergreen forest, and scrub, 1,200-1,600 m.
Behaviour
Feeds on nectar. Often seen at flowering banana.
Forages often at low levels in understorey.
Birds in breeding condition have been recorded from September to October. No other information about breeding.
A sedentary species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and J Sargatal, eds. 1999. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 5: Barn-Owls to Hummingbirds. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334252
- BirdLife International
- Birdforum thread discussing the taxonomy of Blossomcrowns, including the proposal to split them into two species.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blossomcrown. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blossomcrown
