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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
Revision as of 16:00, 3 March 2008
- Cyanophaia bicolor
Description
About 9.5 cm (3.75 inches). Male is bluish-green overall, with violet-blue on head, throat, upper breast and tail; tail looks slightly forked. Female has grayish-white underparts and green upperparts except for the tail which has white tail corners and a bluish subterminal band. She also has a blackish earpatch. Lower mandible is reddish with a black tip.
Identification
The main confusion in the area will be between the female and a female Antillean Crested Hummingbird. The latter has a bill that is proportionally slightly shorter and all black, and does not show blue on the tail. The two species should be the same size according to measurements, but female Blue-headed Hummingbird gives impression of being a larger bird when seen in the field.
Distribution and Taxonomy
This charismatic hummer is only found in the higher elevation areas of Dominica and Martinique of the Lesser Antilles. The species is monotypic.
