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[[Image:Capped_Conebill.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Michael W<br>Nono-Mindo Rd, Tandayapa Valley, Ecuador ]]
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[[Image:Capped_Conebill.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male Capped Conebill.<br>Photo by Michael W<br>Nono-Mindo Rd, Tandayapa Valley, Ecuador ]]
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[[Image:d08_0150.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female Capped Conebill.<br>Photo by Nomdeploom<br>Nono-Mindo Rd, Tandayapa Valley, Ecuador ]]
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Sexually dimorphic: Male is largely black, with subtle blue crown.  Female has light brown head, gray chest and belly, and olive back.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Both slopes of Andes, but more common in East.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Upper subtropical and temperate forest.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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Stays high in the trees, wags tail incessantly.
 
==Bird Song==
 
==Bird Song==
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
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Revision as of 15:25, 14 April 2008

Conirostrum albifrons
Male Capped Conebill.
Photo by Michael W
Nono-Mindo Rd, Tandayapa Valley, Ecuador
Female Capped Conebill.
Photo by Nomdeploom
Nono-Mindo Rd, Tandayapa Valley, Ecuador

Identification

Sexually dimorphic: Male is largely black, with subtle blue crown. Female has light brown head, gray chest and belly, and olive back.

Distribution

Both slopes of Andes, but more common in East.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Upper subtropical and temperate forest.

Behaviour

Stays high in the trees, wags tail incessantly.

Bird Song

External Links

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