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| − | [[Image:Green-tailed trainbearer IMG 1303.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|megan+perkins|megan perkins}}<br />Leimebamba, Northern [[Peru]], November 2011]] | + | [[Image:Green-tailed trainbearer IMG 1303.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo © by {{user|megan+perkins|megan perkins}}<br />Leimebamba, Northern [[Peru]], November 2011]] |
;[[:Category:Lesbia|Lesbia]] nuna | ;[[:Category:Lesbia|Lesbia]] nuna | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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====Similar Species==== | ====Similar Species==== | ||
[[Black-tailed Trainbearer]] has a bill that is more strongly curved. | [[Black-tailed Trainbearer]] has a bill that is more strongly curved. | ||
| − | [[Image:Green-tailed trainbearer-fem-DSCF2311.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Oregonian|Oregonian}}<br />La Florida, Amazonas, [[Peru]], November 2009]] | + | [[Image:Green-tailed trainbearer-fem-DSCF2311.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Female<br />Photo © by {{user|Oregonian|Oregonian}}<br />La Florida, Amazonas, [[Peru]], November 2009]] |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]] | [[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]] | ||
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:*Andes of south-western [[Peru]] and northern [[Bolivia]] | :*Andes of south-western [[Peru]] and northern [[Bolivia]] | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | [[Image:Green-tailed Thorntail.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Male, subspecies ''pallidiventris''<br />Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Florida Pomachochas, Amazonas Department, [[Peru]], November 2013]] | + | [[Image:Green-tailed Thorntail.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Male, subspecies ''pallidiventris''<br />Photo © by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Florida Pomachochas, Amazonas Department, [[Peru]], November 2013]] |
Bushy slopes and woodlands, gardens and hotel grounds. Observed at heights around 2,200 m. | Bushy slopes and woodlands, gardens and hotel grounds. Observed at heights around 2,200 m. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
Revision as of 18:21, 5 January 2019
- Lesbia nuna
Identification
Male 15·3–17 cm; female 11·6 cm
Relatively straight bill
- Bright green plumage
Female has green-spotted white underparts
Similar Species
Black-tailed Trainbearer has a bill that is more strongly curved.
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 5 subspecies[1]:
- L. n. gouldii:
- L. n. gracilis:
- Andes of Ecuador
- L. n. pallidiventris:
- Andes of northern Peru
- L. n. eucharis (chlorura):
- Andes of central Peru (Huánuco)
- L. n. (boliviana):
Habitat
Male, subspecies pallidiventris
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Florida Pomachochas, Amazonas Department, Peru, November 2013
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Florida Pomachochas, Amazonas Department, Peru, November 2013
Bushy slopes and woodlands, gardens and hotel grounds. Observed at heights around 2,200 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of nectar. They seem to particularly favour lantana flowers.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2015)
- Neotropical Birds
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green-tailed Trainbearer. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-tailed_Trainbearer
