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| - | {{incomplete}} | + | [[Image:Shining-green Hummingbird - Lepidopyga goudoti - Victoria Magdalena Valley.JPG|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|COLOMBIA+Birding|COLOMBIA Birding}}<br>Magdalena Valley, [[Colombia]], March 2012]] |
| | ;[[:Category:Lepidopyga|Lepidopyga]] goudoti | | ;[[:Category:Lepidopyga|Lepidopyga]] goudoti |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | + | Male mostly green with slightly down-curved bill and a forked tail. Color of throat, lower belly, and lower back and rump differs among subspecies. <br /> |
| | + | Female with white chin and belly, tail less strongly forked. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | [[Colombia]] and [[Venezuela]]. | + | [[Colombia]] and [[Venezuela]]. There are seemingly large gaps between some of the subspecies. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | + | Four subspecies are recognized: |
| | + | *''L. g. luminosa'' (N Colombia, coast), throat yellowish emerald to gold, rump+back bronzy, UTC coppery, central tail bronzy |
| | + | *''L. g. goudoti'' (C Colombia) bronzy lower rump, bluish central tail |
| | + | *''L. g. zuliae'' (NW Venezuela) smaller overall size, reddish bronzy on central tail and on upper tail coverts |
| | + | *''L. g. phaeochroa'' (NW Venezuela), white belly, less deep forked tail, greenish central tail, bluish head and throat |
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| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| - | Dry forests and shrubland. | + | Lower elevation dry to semidry forests, gallery forest, semi-open areas and scrubland. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | Most frequently seen alone when it may feed both low and high, but groups may be present at large flowering trees. In latter case, aggression is frequent. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thOct12}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=252403 Birdforum thread] discussing this species |
| | + | # Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156 |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Lepidopyga+goudoti}} | | {{GSearch|Lepidopyga+goudoti}} |
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| - | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Lepidopyga]] [[Category:Missing Images]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Lepidopyga]] |
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- Lepidopyga goudoti
[edit] Identification
Male mostly green with slightly down-curved bill and a forked tail. Color of throat, lower belly, and lower back and rump differs among subspecies.
Female with white chin and belly, tail less strongly forked.
[edit] Distribution
Colombia and Venezuela. There are seemingly large gaps between some of the subspecies.
[edit] Taxonomy
Four subspecies are recognized:
- L. g. luminosa (N Colombia, coast), throat yellowish emerald to gold, rump+back bronzy, UTC coppery, central tail bronzy
- L. g. goudoti (C Colombia) bronzy lower rump, bluish central tail
- L. g. zuliae (NW Venezuela) smaller overall size, reddish bronzy on central tail and on upper tail coverts
- L. g. phaeochroa (NW Venezuela), white belly, less deep forked tail, greenish central tail, bluish head and throat
[edit] Habitat
Lower elevation dry to semidry forests, gallery forest, semi-open areas and scrubland.
[edit] Behaviour
Most frequently seen alone when it may feed both low and high, but groups may be present at large flowering trees. In latter case, aggression is frequent.
[edit] 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
- Birdforum thread discussing this species
- Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
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