Birds of the World


Blue-fronted Lancebill (Doryfera johannae johannae) Range: SA: n, nw Amazonia Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia Uniformly colored, with long straight bill.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Green-fronted Lancebill (Doryfera ludovicae ludovicae) Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to Venezuela and nw Bolivia Parque Ecológico El Salado, Antioquia, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Always near water, and often on branches above streams, or stones in the stream, from where they hawk insects.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba