Birds of Ecuador

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Genus: Urosticte (2 species, 2 worldwide)


Purple-bibbed Whitetip
Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) Male
Mindo, Ecuador   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Purple-bibbed Whitetip
Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) Female
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-vented Whitetip
Rufous-vented Whitetip (Urosticte ruficrissa) Male
Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador
  On the male, the white tip of the tail is best seen from the back. 		   
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn   © All Rights Reserved.

Rufous-vented Whitetip
Rufous-vented Whitetip (Urosticte ruficrissa) Female
Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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