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'''Alternative name: Gray's Hummingbird'''
[[Image:Blue-headed_Sapphire.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Oregonian <br />NW of Cali, Valle de Cauca, [[Colombia]] ]]
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[[Image:IMG 5748 c filtered smg1.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Pitter|Pitter}} <br />Dapa, Valle de Cauca, [[Colombia]], November 2012]]
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;[[:Category:Chrysuronia|Chrysuronia]] grayi
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''Hylocharis grayi''
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
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9–11 cm (3½-4¼ in)
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*Black-tipped coral bill (male)
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Western [[Colombia]] and northern [[Ecuador]].
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In [[South America]] is found in western [[Colombia]] and northern [[Ecuador]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Monotypic.
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[[Image:20080321 001 cr.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Immature<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|olivewarbler|olivewarbler}}<br />Dapa, Valle, [[Colombia]], March 2008]]
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
  
 
Some authorities<sup>[[#References|2]]</sup> consider this species to be conspecific with [[Humboldt's Sapphire]].
 
Some authorities<sup>[[#References|2]]</sup> consider this species to be conspecific with [[Humboldt's Sapphire]].
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Forest in Pacific foothills and drier valleys. Cloudforest edges and gardens. Observations at 1700 and 2100 meters on the east slope of the West Andes.
  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
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====Diet====
==References==
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Mainly nectar from shrubs and trees. Readily visits garden feeders.
 
==References==
 
==References==
# Clements JF. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug21}}#Dickinson EC (ed.) 2003. ''The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World''. 3rd ed. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. ISBN 9780691117010
# Dickinson EC (ed.) 2003. ''The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World''. 3rd ed. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. ISBN 9780691117010
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#[http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCProp88.html SACC] proposal to split Humboldt's Sapphire from Blue-headed Sapphire
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#BF Member observations
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2016)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Hylocharis+grayi}}  
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{{GSearch|Chrysuronia+grayi}}
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Hylocharis]] [[Category:Incomplete]]
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{{GS-checked}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Chrysuronia]]

Latest revision as of 22:01, 16 December 2021

Alternative name: Gray's Hummingbird

Male
Photo © by Pitter
Dapa, Valle de Cauca, Colombia, November 2012
Chrysuronia grayi

Hylocharis grayi

Identification

9–11 cm (3½-4¼ in)

  • Black-tipped coral bill (male)

Distribution

In South America is found in western Colombia and northern Ecuador.

Taxonomy

Immature
Photo © by olivewarbler
Dapa, Valle, Colombia, March 2008

This is a monotypic species[1].

Some authorities2 consider this species to be conspecific with Humboldt's Sapphire.

Habitat

Forest in Pacific foothills and drier valleys. Cloudforest edges and gardens. Observations at 1700 and 2100 meters on the east slope of the West Andes.

Behaviour

Diet

Mainly nectar from shrubs and trees. Readily visits garden feeders.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Dickinson EC (ed.) 2003. The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. ISBN 9780691117010
  3. SACC proposal to split Humboldt's Sapphire from Blue-headed Sapphire
  4. BF Member observations
  5. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2016)

Recommended Citation

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.

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