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With a very insect-like flight, they hold themselves horizontally, fly much more deliberately and less jerkily, and do not often perch on the feeders. | With a very insect-like flight, they hold themselves horizontally, fly much more deliberately and less jerkily, and do not often perch on the feeders. | ||
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Revision as of 07:30, 15 April 2008
- Philodice mitchellii
Identification
Males have purple gorgets, white half collar, dark flanks and ling tails. Females have white or orange speckled throats and orange bellies. Both birds have a white or pale orange spot on their flanks. Both sexes are similar to the White-bellied Woodstar.
Distribution
Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Subtropical Cloud Forest
Behaviour
With a very insect-like flight, they hold themselves horizontally, fly much more deliberately and less jerkily, and do not often perch on the feeders.