White-vented plumeleteer
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| Species: | C. buffonii
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| Chalybura buffonii Lesson, 1832
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The white-vented plumeleteer (Chalybura buffonii) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.
It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
A large hummingbird, the white-vented plumeleteer measures about 12 cm (4.7 in). The male has a metallic green body, dark wings and a blue-black tail. The namesake feature is a large patch of white undertail coverts. Bill is entirely black, as are the feet. He is easily confused with the similar bronze-tailed plumeleteer. The female is similar, but has an entirely white belly, chest and chin.[2]
References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ Angehr, George R.; Dean, Robert (2010). The Birds of Panama. Ithaca: Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-8014-7674-7.
External links
- BirdLife species factsheet for Chalybura buffonii
- "White-vented plumeleteer media". Internet Bird Collection.
- White-vented plumeleteer photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- White-vented plumeleteer species account at Neotropical Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
- Audio recordings of White-vented plumeleteer on Xeno-canto.
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