Green-bellied Hummingbird - BirdForum Opus

Saucerottia viridigaster

Amazilia viridigaster

Identification

8–9 cm
Male

• Golden-green head and back
• Bill

• Black upper mandible
• Black tipped pinkish lower mandible

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia and Venezuela.

Taxonomy

Formerly included Copper-tailed Hummingbird.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized^[1].

• S. v. viridigaster:

• Eastern slope of Eastern Andes of Colombia

• S. v. iodura:

• Andes of western Venezuela (Táchira)
  

Habitat

Tropical and submontane forest edges.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of nectar and insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.1)_red. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
3. Avibase
4. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2023) Green-bellied Hummingbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 7 June 2023 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-bellied_Hummingbird

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