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Blue-backed Conebill
Conirostrum sitticolor Lafresnaye, 1840
Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
Blue-backed Conebill, Conirostrum sitticolor, is a passerine in the tanager family that breeds from Colombia to Bolivia in South America. It was described by Lafresnaye in 1840. It is a small bird with a blue back, rump and tail, an orange underside, and black on the head in varying amounts. The nominate form has a fully black head and throat, while the other forms differ in the extent of black and blue on the face, throat and wings. It lives in subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
- Breeding range
- South America: Colombia to Bolivia
