Preliminary survey of avifauna of the Estação Ecológica do Cuniã in Porto Velho, northern Brazil
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Machado, Tatiana Lemos da Silva
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Marques de Oliveira, Uéslei
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Santos do Nascimento, Sheiliane
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Santos, Marcos Pérsio Dantas
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Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto
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10.15560/17.1.289
1809-127X
Topaza pella
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Figure 5H
Records.
BRAZIL
–
Rondônia
•
Porto Velho, Estação
Ecológica de Cuniã; first record on
11.VIII.2018
; captured with mist-nets and banded; plot T15; CEMAVE-
A56507
; female.
Identification.
This species has a mean body length of
23 cm
in males and
14 cm
in females. The male has iridescent, crimson plumage and a sparkling-green throat. Belly and breast are metallic orange-red. The wings are brown and maroon in their lower part. The long tail coverts are golden green. The bird has short, slightly curved beaks.