Birds of the World

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Genus: Heliomaster (4 species)


Plain-capped Starthroat (Heliomaster constantii) Range: MA: w Mexico
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Blue-tufted Starthroat (Heliomaster furcifer) Male Range: SA: Bolivia and sw Brazil to n Argentina, se Brazil and Uruguay Fazenda Grotão, Brasilia, Brazil
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte © All Rights Reserved.


Long-billed Starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris longirostris) Male Range: MA, SA: s Mexico to e Bolivia and ne Brazil ProAves Blue-billed Curassow Reserve, Puerto Pinzon, Boyaca, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Long-billed Starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris) Female Range: MA, SA: s Mexico to e Bolivia and ne Brazil Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Seems to wander; widespread but not reliable anywhere.
Feeding at heliconia.


Stripe-breasted Starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus) Male Range: SA: e, se Brazil Brasilia, DF, Brazil
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte © All Rights Reserved.


Stripe-breasted Starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus) Female Range: SA: e, se Brazil Brazil
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.

© 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