- Chlorostilbon aureoventris
Photo by arthurgrosset
Photographed: Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil
Male on the left; female on the right
Photographed: Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil
Male on the left; female on the right
Identification
Female differs from the male in having a white streak behind the eye, whitish throat and breast, pale grey tips to the tail and a longer area of black on the bill.
Distribution
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Taxonomy
Four subspecies are recognized, aureoventris, igneus, pucherani, and berlepschi. This species is sometimes listed as Chlorostilbon lucidus in which case the nominate subspecies also changes to lucidus.
