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Male
Photo by Stanley Jones
Catarata Del Toro, Cordillera Centrals, Costa Rica, March 2008
Discosura conversii

Popelairia conversii

Identification

10 cm (4 in)
Male

  • Shining green crown
  • Green upperparts
  • Short, straight, black bill

Distribution

Central and South America:
Central America: occurs in Costa Rica and Panama
South America: found in Colombia, and Ecuador

Taxonomy

Female
Photo by Leif G
Milpe, Ecuador, October 2009

This is a monotypic species[1].

All major taxonomic sources place this species in genus Discosura, but in the past it was placed in genus Popelairia, and some field guides use that genus name.

Habitat

Foothill rainforest and forest edges and clearings. Observed at heights around 1,585 m elevation.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of nectar.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
  4. BF member observations

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