Green-and-white Hummingbird
Elliotomyia viridicauda
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حول
A small hummingbird (9-10 cm) found in humid Andean forests of Peru at 1,500-3,000 m. Green plumage with white breast and green-tipped tail. Nectarivore of cloud forest and forest edges. A Peruvian near-endemic.
Physical Description
| Measurement | Value | Imperial |
|---|---|---|
| الوزن | 5,8500000000000005 g | 0.21 oz |
التعرف
الريش
Pheasant Coucal (alt): dark black above with bronze sheen; rufous wings; barred tail; red eye; ground-dwelling coucal; long tail
Habitat & Range
النطاق الجغرافي
Found in humid Andean forests of Peru at 1,500-3,000 m. A Peruvian near-endemic of cloud forest.
Diet & Feeding
Nectarivore specialising in tubular blossoms; supplements the floral nectar diet with tiny insects and spiders caught near flowers.
حالة الحفاظ
السلوك والتكاثر
التعشيش
Nest type: CP.
عدد البيض في الوضع
2
الصوت
الغناء
Rough, buzzy chatter with coarse texture; harsh series of notes delivered emphatically near territory boundary.
التصنيف
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| الرتبة | Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars & Swifts) |
| الفصيلة | Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) |
| Genus | Elliotomyia |
| الأنواع | Elliotomyia viridicauda |
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Similar Birds
Other species in the Trochilidae family