Humboldt's Sapphire - BirdForum Opus

Hylocharis humboldti

Distribution

Pacific coast from south east Panama, to Colombia and northern Ecuador³.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Some authorities² regard this taxon to be conspecific with Blue-headed Sapphire.

Habitat

Mangroves and adjacent lowlands

References

1. Clements JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
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

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