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| − | [[Image:Sapphire-throated_Hummingbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Cedric K <br />Male on left, female on right. Location: Penonome, Panama.]] | + | [[Image:Sapphire-throated_Hummingbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Cedric_K|Cedric K}} <br />Male on left, female on right. Location: Penonome, [[Panama]].]] |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | Bill black except for lower mandible where basal half is reddish. Mostly metallic green to bright green with throat and upper breast violet-blue while tail is forked and dark blue. Female differs in having underparts mostly white with green flanks and tail that is white-tipped and have green central tail feathers. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]], and [[Colombia]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Three subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | ||
| + | *''L.c. coeruleogularis'' | ||
| + | *''L.c. confinis'' | ||
| + | *''L.c. coelina'' | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | Moist lowland forests. | + | Moist, open lowland forests, clearings, scrub, or mangrove, mostly within a few miles of the coast. |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Mostly seen feeding rather low on flowers, often in scrubs, otherwise trees. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}# Ridgely & Gwynne 1989. Birds of Panama. Princeton Paperbacks. ISBN 0691025126 | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Lepidopyga+coeruleogularis}} | {{GSearch|Lepidopyga+coeruleogularis}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Lepidopyga]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Lepidopyga]] | ||
Revision as of 01:19, 30 June 2010
- Lepidopyga coeruleogularis
Identification
Bill black except for lower mandible where basal half is reddish. Mostly metallic green to bright green with throat and upper breast violet-blue while tail is forked and dark blue. Female differs in having underparts mostly white with green flanks and tail that is white-tipped and have green central tail feathers.
Distribution
Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia.
Taxonomy
Three subspecies are recognized[1]:
- L.c. coeruleogularis
- L.c. confinis
- L.c. coelina
Habitat
Moist, open lowland forests, clearings, scrub, or mangrove, mostly within a few miles of the coast.
Behaviour
Mostly seen feeding rather low on flowers, often in scrubs, otherwise trees.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Ridgely & Gwynne 1989. Birds of Panama. Princeton Paperbacks. ISBN 0691025126
