Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Grey-bellied Comet (Taphrolesbia griseiventris) - HBW 5, p. 656
French: Colibri comète
German: Graubauchsylphe
Spanish: Colibrí Ventrigrís
Other common names: Grey-breasted Comet
Taxonomy: Cynanthus griseiventris Taczanowski, 1883, Paucal, Peru.
Uncertain systematic position; probably closest to Polyonymus and Sappho. Monotypic.
Distribution: NW Andes of Peru (S Cajamarca to W Huánuco).
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Male perched high up in trees by the river.
Locality Río Chonta, Cajamarca Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
neil osborne 31 December 2011 7 weeks ago 2.1
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