| White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsanti (aka Chaetocercus mulsant) Colombian name: Rumbito Buchiblanco |
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Blanco, Caldas, Colombia April 2012 The White-bellied Woodstar is distributed in the central and eastern Andes of Colombia, through Ecuador and Peru into Bolivia. See the distribution map at NatureServe. It is found at forest edges and farmland at between 1,500 and 2,800 metres. |
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| The male
is shining green above with a conspicuous white patch on the flank. The throat is glittering
reddish violet with a broad white band across the upper breast extending up behind the eye. Below
that there is a green band and a white belly. The female, shown here, has the white patch on the
flank but the throat and upper breast band are whitish, the green breast band is indistinct, the
flanks are cinnamon rufous and the centre of the belly is white.
They are usually solitary and hover at flowering shrubs and trees. |
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