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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
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[[Dictionary_G-L#I|Iridescent]] green plumage. The male has a blue throat spot. Both sexes have white [[Dictionary_M-S#P|post-ocular]] spot. The female has white underside with green spots in streaks, and prominent white [[Topography#Heads|malar]] stripe. Juvenile has rufous chin and malar. Both sexes shows a forked tail, male more than female, and with white tail corners in female; tail color varies with location in males.  
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[[Dictionary_G-L#I|Iridescent]] green plumage. The male has a blue throat spot. Both sexes have white [[Dictionary_P-S#P|post-ocular]] spot. The female has white underside with green spots in streaks, and prominent white [[Topography#Heads|malar]] stripe. Juvenile has rufous chin and malar. Both sexes shows a forked tail, male more than female, and with white tail corners in female; tail color varies with location in males.  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
Found in [[Central America]] and [[South America]]: [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]], [[Colombia]] and [[Ecuador]].
 
Found in [[Central America]] and [[South America]]: [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]], [[Colombia]] and [[Ecuador]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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====Subspecies====
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Three subspecies are recognized:
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Three subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
 
*''H. j. henryi'':  
 
*''H. j. henryi'':  
 
:*[[Costa Rica]] and western [[Panama]]
 
:*[[Costa Rica]] and western [[Panama]]

Revision as of 23:10, 12 July 2014

Male
Photo by edenwatcher
Buenaventura, Ecuador
Heliodoxa jacula

Identification

13cm
Iridescent green plumage. The male has a blue throat spot. Both sexes have white post-ocular spot. The female has white underside with green spots in streaks, and prominent white malar stripe. Juvenile has rufous chin and malar. Both sexes shows a forked tail, male more than female, and with white tail corners in female; tail color varies with location in males.

Distribution

Found in Central America and South America: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized[1]:

  • H. j. henryi:
  • H. j. jacula:
  • H. j. jamesoni:
Photo of juvenile by Stanley Jones
Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, March, 2007

Habitat

Humid montane forests

Behaviour

Regularly seen at feeders.

References

  1. 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.
  2. Avibase
  3. BF Member observations
  4. Garrigues and Dean 2007. The birds of Costa Rica - a field guide. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-7373-9
  5. Ridgely & Gwynne 1989. Birds of Panama. Princeton Paperbacks. ISBN 0691025126

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