- Uranomitra franciae
Amazilia franciae
Agyrtria franciae
Identification
9–11 cm (3½-4¼ in)
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
South America: found in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Taxonomy
This is a polytypic species[1] consisting of 3 subspecies.
Andean Emerald is sometimes placed in genus Agyrtria.
Subspecies
- U. f. franciae:
- Subtropical Andes of north-western and central Colombia
- U. f. viridiceps:
- U. f. cyanocollis:
- Eastern slope of Andes of northern Peru
Habitat
Cloud Forest, known to be between 1700 and 2100 m, gardens and agricultural land
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of nectar, foraged from varying heights. The visit flowers along a "trapline", i.e., with regular visits to each flower. More rarely in trees with many flowers, where often aggressive.
References
- 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/
- BF Member observations
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Sept 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Andean Emerald. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Andean_Emerald
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
