Jan 28 2011
Gorgeted Puffleg Eriocnemis isabellae NOT YET EVALUATED The highly distinct new species is characterised by an enlarged, bicoloured iridescent throat patch (hence ‘Gorgeted’) in males and white tufts above the legs which are characteristic of ‘Puffleg’ hummingbirds. The flamboyantly coloured Gorgeted Puffleg Eriocnemis isabellae, a new species of hummingbird, has been discovered in Colombia. But …
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Jan 28 2011
Sincorá Antwren Formicivora grantsaui NOT YET EVALUATED The Sincorá Antwren is restricted to the Serra do Sincorá in the Chapada Diamantina, Bahia. It is found in campos rupestres (rocky montane scrub) while the similar Rusty-backed Antwren F. rufa is found in cerrado, borders of gallery forest and white-sand forest. It differs from Rusty-backed Antwren in …
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Jan 28 2011
Yariguies Brush-finch Atlapetes latinuchus yariguierum NOT YET EVALUATED Crown dark rufous, facial mask black; mantle, wing-coverts, alula, flight-feathers, rump and rectrices closest to black, with virtually no contrast between mask and back. Very narrow line of six short yellow feathers below rufous crown, at base of bill. Throat, malar, breast and belly uniform yellow, becoming …
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Jan 28 2011
Hocking’s Conure Aratinga hockingi NOT YET EVALUATED General plumage green; paler to breast and abdomen, forehead, forecrown and eye area dark red; scattering of red feathers to sides of head; also to throat, nape, breast and abdomen; greater under wing-coverts as well as underside of flight and tail feathers olive-yellow; periophthalmic ring whitish; iris yellow-brownish; …
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Jan 28 2011
Camiguin Hanging-parrot Loriculus (philippensis) camiguinensis NOT YET EVALUATED The Camiguin Hanging Parrot, Loriculus (philippensis) camiguinensis, is a hanging parrot endemic only on the Philippine island of Camiguin, where its habitat is diminishing. The taxonomy of this population of parrots on Camiguin is uncertain. The Camiguin Hanging Parrot is mostly green with blue throat, face and …
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Jan 28 2011
Naung Mung Scimitar-Babbler Jabouilleia naungmungensis NOT YET EVALUATED This is a timaliid assignable to the genus Jabouilleia by combination of the following characters: long, decurved bill; long legs, toes, and nails; relatively short tail and wings; general body proportions; and coloration. Separable from the other member of the genus by the longer bill, tarsus, hallux, …
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Jan 28 2011
Sulphur-breasted Parakeet Aratinga pintoi NOT YET EVALUATED Sulphur-breasted Parakeet is a fairly common bird of open areas on the northern bank of the lower Amazon river in the state of Pará. Specimens of the new species have been present in collections at least from the beginning of the 20th century. One of the reasons that …
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