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[[South America]]: found in [[Chile]] and adjacent [[Argentina]]. | [[South America]]: found in [[Chile]] and adjacent [[Argentina]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Sometimes placed in the monotypic genus ''Pyrope'' based on the narrow primaries of the male. | ||
====Subspecies==== | ====Subspecies==== | ||
There are 2 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> | There are 2 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> | ||
| − | *''X. p. pyrope'': | + | *''X. p. pyrope'': Smaller and paler. |
:*Andes of central [[Chile]] and adjacent [[Argentina]] to Tierra del Fuego | :*Andes of central [[Chile]] and adjacent [[Argentina]] to Tierra del Fuego | ||
| − | *''X. p. fortis'': | + | *''X. p. fortis'': Larger and darker. |
:*Chiloé Island (Chile) | :*Chiloé Island (Chile) | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Semi-arid woodland, scrub and lowland pastures. | Semi-arid woodland, scrub and lowland pastures. | ||
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- Xolmis pyrope
Identification
Distribution
South America: found in Chile and adjacent Argentina.
Taxonomy
Sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Pyrope based on the narrow primaries of the male.
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]
- X. p. pyrope: Smaller and paler.
- X. p. fortis: Larger and darker.
- Chiloé Island (Chile)
Habitat
Semi-arid woodland, scrub and lowland pastures.
Behaviour
Actions
They hunt from an exposed perch, sallying in the air for flying insects or dropping to the ground.
Breeding
Breeds from September to December. Female builds a small cup-shaped nest of dry sticks interlaced with grass stems and lined with lichen, moss, wool feathers or hair and placed in a tree or bush. The clutch is 2-4 creamy white eggs marked with red spots.
Diet
Mostly insects but they also eat fruit, especially in winter.
Movements
Mostly resident but southern populations migrate north in May returning in November.
Vocalisations
Calls include a soft, subdued pit or whit and a brief high-pitched tseet sometimes given in series. Song consists of short call notes terminating in a flourish: pit wheet whut T-T-wheeeooo.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Portman, M., A. Brush, and T. S. Schulenberg (2013). Fire-eyed Diucon (Xolmis pyrope), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.fiediu1.01
- Farnsworth, A. & Langham, G. (2019). Fire-eyed Diucon (Xolmis pyrope). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/57424 on 23 January 2019).
- Jaramillo, A. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton & Oxford: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117409
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Fire-eyed Diucon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Fire-eyed_Diucon
