Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird - BirdForum Opus

Photo by COLOMBIA Birding
Soata, East Andes, Colombia, May 2010

Saucerottia castaneiventris

Amazilia castaneiventris

Identification

Juvenile
Photo © by Rob D
Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia, 23 October 2013

8.4 cm

• Shiny reddish-bronze upperparts
• Rufous underparts and tail
• Greyish-buff rump
• Glittering green throat and chest
• Straight black bill
• Pink lower mandible

Distribution

South America: found on the western slope of Eastern Andes of north-central Colombia.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

High-altitude shrubland, moist montane forests, semi-arid ravines vegetated with shrubs and low trees, 850-2,200 m.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes nectar.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. BirdLife International

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chestnut-bellied_Hummingbird

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