Blue-backed Conebill (Conirostrum sitticolor) [XC532696]
by Mauricio \u00c1lvarez-Rebolledo (Colecci\u00f3n de Sonidos Ambientales - Instituto Humboldt) from La Cristalina, Colombia (?)
Blue-backed Conebill (Conirostrum sitticolor) [XC532694]
by Mauricio \u00c1lvarez-Rebolledo (Colecci\u00f3n de Sonidos Ambientales - Instituto Humboldt) from La Cristalina, Colombia (?)
Subspecies
Genus has sometimes been placed in Coerebidae or Parulidae, but molecular-genetic data indicate that it belongs in present family, with Oreomanes as sister-group.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
pallidum Aveledo & Perez, 1989 - Sierra de Perijá (Cerro Viruela), in north-western Venezuela, and probably also in adjacent Colombia.
intermedium von Berlepsch, 1893 - Andes in Venezuela (Trujillo, Mérida and northern Táchira).
sitticolor Lafresnaye, 1840 - Andes in Venezuela (southern Táchira), and from Colombia south to northern Peru (Piura, Cajamarca and Amazonas).
cyaneum Taczanowski, 1875 - Andes of Peru (from Huánuco) south to Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba and western Santa Cruz).