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Female green upperparts, bronze-coppery uppertail and tail, whitish underside with some green on flanks. Male similar but according to subspecies with varying amounts of blue on forehead, crown, or even sides of head. | Female green upperparts, bronze-coppery uppertail and tail, whitish underside with some green on flanks. Male similar but according to subspecies with varying amounts of blue on forehead, crown, or even sides of head. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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Andes of [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], and [[Peru]]. | Andes of [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], and [[Peru]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | [[Image:Andean Emeraldc.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''cyanocllis''<br /> Photo by {{user|Roy+Halpin|Roy Halpin}}<br />Andean East Slope, November 2004]] | ||
Three subspecies are recognized:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> | Three subspecies are recognized:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> | ||
*''A. f. franciae (veneta)'': | *''A. f. franciae (veneta)'': | ||
Revision as of 16:09, 23 March 2017
- Amazilia franciae
Agyrtria franciae
Identification
Female green upperparts, bronze-coppery uppertail and tail, whitish underside with some green on flanks. Male similar but according to subspecies with varying amounts of blue on forehead, crown, or even sides of head.
Distribution
Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Taxonomy
Three subspecies are recognized:[1]
- A. f. franciae (veneta):
- Subtropical Andes of north-western and central Colombia
- A. f. viridiceps:
- A. f. cyanocollis:
- Eastern slope of Andes of northern Peru
Andean Emerald is sometimes placed in genus Agyrtria.
Habitat
Cloud Forest, known to be between 1700 and 2100 m, gardens and agricultural land
Behaviour
Visits flowers along a "trapline", i.e., with regular visits to each flower. More rarely in trees with many flowers, where often aggressive.
References
- 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.
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Andean Emerald. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 30 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Andean_Emerald
