Stripe-breasted Starthroat
Heliomaster squamosus (Temminck, 1823)
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Stripe-breasted Starthroat, Heliomaster squamosus, is a hummingbird of eastern and south-eastern Brazil, where it is found in forest and savannah. It is endemic to Brazil and breeds in this part of South America. Both sexes show a long black bill, a white mark behind the eye and a white moustache, together with a forked tail. Males in breeding plumage have bronzy green upperparts, an iridescent green crown and a glittering violet gorget, while females have blackish green throat feathers edged in white.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: e, se Brazil
