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Blue-tufted Starthroat
Heliomaster furcifer (Shaw, 1812)
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Blue-tufted Starthroat, Heliomaster furcifer, is a hummingbird of South America, breeding in Bolivia and south-western Brazil to northern Argentina, south-eastern Brazil and Uruguay. It is found in open country, including forest margins, cerrado and grassland. The bird has a long, downcurved black bill and a small white mark behind the eye. Males in breeding plumage show an emerald crown and nape, coppery green upperparts, a violet throat and ultramarine underparts, while females are more subdued.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: Bolivia and sw Brazil to n Argentina, se Brazil and Uruguay
