Birds from northeastern Bogotá Savannah, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Author
Castro-Vargas, Fernando
Author
Cruz-Mendivelso, Yerson
Author
Ortega-Chamorro, Darwin
Author
Palacino-Rodríguez, Fredy
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/16.5.1375
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10.15560/16.5.1375
1809-127X
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
.