Phimosus infuscatus Lichtenstein 1823

Autor: Castro-Vargas, Fernando, Cruz-Mendivelso, Yerson, Ortega-Chamorro, Darwin, Palacino-Rodríguez, Fredy
Rok vydání: 2020
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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5474797
Popis: Phimosus infuscatus Lichtenstein, 1823 Figure 9G, H New records. One individual flying over a patch of aquatic vegetation composed mainly of T. latifolia in the ESNR on 06 June 2018. In its beak the bird carried sticks as a possible nest building material. We recorded this species systematically on 17 Feb. 2018, 14 Aug. 2018, 15 January 2019, 15 Feb. 2019, 15 Mar. 2019 and 17 April 2019. Identification. Red face with pink-coloured beak with bare facial skin, reddish legs and blackish greenish plumage. Remarks. The species is abundant in other wetlands in the region, but in our study area only between one to three individuals were recorded. Distribution. Northern Colombia east through the Venezuelan llanos, eastern Brazil west to Bolivia and south to central Argentina.
Published as part of Castro-Vargas, Fernando, Cruz-Mendivelso, Yerson, Ortega-Chamorro, Darwin & Palacino-Rodríguez, Fredy, 2020, Birds from northeastern Bogotá Savannah, Cundinamarca, Colombia, pp. 1375-1391 in Check List 16 (5) on page 1388, DOI: 10.15560/16.5.1375
Databáze: OpenAIRE