Long-billed Starthroat

Long-billed Starthroat

Taxobox
name = Long-billed Starthroat
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1


image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Trochiliformes
familia = Trochilidae
genus = "Heliomaster"
species = "H. longirostris"
binomial = "Heliomaster longirostris"
binomial_authority = (Audebert and Vieillot, 1801)

The Long-billed Starthroat, " Heliomaster longirostris", is a hummingbird that breeds from southern Mexico to Panama, from Colombia south and east to Bolivia and Brazil, and on Trinidad. It is present throughout South and Central America and is an uncommon but widespread species, which appears to be a local or seasonal migrant, although its movements are not well understood.

The Long-billed Hummingbird's greatest range is east of the Andes and covers the entire Amazon Basin and northern South America including the Guianas.

This hummingbird inhabits forest, and is usually seen in woodland clearings, but will sometimes visit gardens. The female Long-billed Starthroat lays two eggs in a small cup nest in a tree.

The Long-billed Starthroat is 10.2 cm long and weighs 6.8 g. The black bill is straight and very long, at about 3.5 cm. The male has bronze-green upperparts, a blue crown, white moustachial stripe and reddish throat. The underparts are grey shading to white on the flanks and mid-belly, and the tail is mainly black. The female is similar, but has a green crown and a purple-edged black throat.

Long-billed Starthroats feed on nectar, taken from a variety of flowers, and some insects. The song of this species while feeding is a light "weet".

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
*cite book
last = Hilty
first = Steven L
title = Birds of Venezuela
publisher = Christopher Helm
date = 2003
location = London
isbn = 0-7136-6418-5
*cite book
last = ffrench
first = Richard
title = A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago
edition = 2nd edition
year = 1991
publisher = Comstock Publishing
isbn = 0-8014-9792-2

External links

* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=3267 Long-billed Starthroat videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
* [http://www.bird-stamps.org/cspecies/8629800.htm Stamps] for Guyana, (with RangeMap)
* [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/photos/hellon3554.jpgLong-billed Starthroat photo] ; [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/long-billedstarthroat.html Article & synopsis] (So.Amer. birds)
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Heliomaster+longirostris Photo-High Res] VIREO photo, from www.natureserve.org
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=long-billed+starthroat&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Long-billed Starthroat photo gallery] VIREO


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