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'''Alternative name(s): Rufous-cheeked Hummingbird'''
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[[Image:NEW for OPUS - Pirre Hummingbird - Goethalsia bella 4.JPG|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|COLOMBIA+Birding|COLOMBIA Birding}}<br />Pirre, Darien, [[Panama]], September 2014]]
 
;[[: Category:Goethalsia|Goethalsia]] bella
 
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'''Alternative name(s): Rufous-cheeked Hummingbird'''
 
  
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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8·4–9·5 cm<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Straight black bill has reddish mandible
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*Chestnut forehead and [[Topography#Heads|lores]]
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*Metallic green upperparts
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Colombia]] and [[Panama]].
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[[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]: found in the highlands of eastern [[Panama]] (Darién) and extreme north-western [[Colombia]].
 
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
This is a monotypic species which is the only member of its genus
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>, which is the only member of its genus
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Moist montanes.
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Moist montane forests and forest edges at heights around 600 and 1500 m.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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They feed on flowering shrubs and small trees.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)
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==External Links==
 
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{{GSearch|Goethalsia+bella}}
 
{{GSearch|Goethalsia+bella}}
  
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Goethalsia]] [[Category:Missing Images]]
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Goethalsia]]

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Alternative name(s): Rufous-cheeked Hummingbird

Photo by COLOMBIA Birding
Pirre, Darien, Panama, September 2014
Goethalsia bella

Identification

8·4–9·5 cm
Male

  • Straight black bill has reddish mandible
  • Chestnut forehead and lores
  • Metallic green upperparts

Distribution

Central and South America: found in the highlands of eastern Panama (Darién) and extreme north-western Colombia.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1], which is the only member of its genus

Habitat

Moist montane forests and forest edges at heights around 600 and 1500 m.

Behaviour

Diet

They feed on flowering shrubs and small trees.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)

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