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| − | [[Image:Blue-tufted_Starthroat.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|ibera|ibera}} <br />Location: [[Esteros del Ibera]], [[Argentina]] | + | [[Image:Blue-tufted_Starthroat.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|ibera|ibera}} <br />Location: [[Esteros del Ibera]], [[Argentina]], December 2006]] |
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;[[:Category:Heliomaster|Heliomaster]] furcifer | ;[[:Category:Heliomaster|Heliomaster]] furcifer | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Female of this species show a little white area behind the eye, have white tips on the forked tail, and lacks the white streak on lower central back found in other Starthroat species. It seems to be the Starthroat species with least speckling on the throat. | Female of this species show a little white area behind the eye, have white tips on the forked tail, and lacks the white streak on lower central back found in other Starthroat species. It seems to be the Starthroat species with least speckling on the throat. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Bolivia]], central and southern [[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]] and northern [[Argentina]] |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | |
| − | [[Image:Blue-tufted_Starthroat_female.jpg|thumb|400px|right|photo by {{user| | + | [[Image:Blue-tufted_Starthroat_female.jpg|thumb|400px|right|photo by {{user|Helmut+Schumann|Helmut Schumann}} <br />Pantanal, [[Brazil]], July 2009]] |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | Mid-level humid forests and dry savanna. | |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | ==References== | |
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Avibase | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Heliomaster+furcifer}} | {{GSearch|Heliomaster+furcifer}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Heliomaster]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Heliomaster]] | ||
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- Heliomaster furcifer
Identification
Female of this species show a little white area behind the eye, have white tips on the forked tail, and lacks the white streak on lower central back found in other Starthroat species. It seems to be the Starthroat species with least speckling on the throat.
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, central and southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Mid-level humid forests and dry savanna.
Behaviour
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.
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Blue-tufted Starthroat. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue-tufted_Starthroat
