Known from the discs' own bird lists
White-vented Violet-ear
colibri serrirostris
Trochilidae
- Disc 2 · 2001 listed
- Disc 3 · 2006 listed
- Disc 1 · 2011 listed
The detailed account of this bird below comes from Disc 1 · 2011. The other discs list the bird but carry no account of it, and none is invented here.
From the original Disc 1 · 2011 revision
Detailed account — Disc 1 · 2011
This detailed account first appears in the 2011 Disc 1 revision; the earlier releases have no account for this bird.
Description Disc 1 · 2011
12-13 cm. A medium sized, shining green hummingbird with a long, slightly decurved bill; upperparts, breast and belly shining green; underparts lighter, more yellow green; ear converts, subocular and postauricular regions spotted violet blue; undertail coverts white; tail glittering green with a broad steel blue subterminal band.
The female is smaller and grayer.
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The disc records this picture against the bird without a caption. Disc 1 · 2011
The account, continued
Voice Disc 1 · 2011
Song "zit..zit..zet.." persistently repeated from a low perch for many minutes.
Behavior Disc 1 · 2011
Agressive and territorial, chases other hummingbirds from flowering areas. Commonly hawking insects.
Breeding Disc 1 · 2011
December - April.
Habitat and status Disc 1 · 2011
Not uncommon in its restricted habitat of open scrubby areas, savannah, grassland, rocky gorges, and exposed mountain slopes. Sea level to 2000 meters.
Distribution Disc 1 · 2011
Throughout.
The Disc 2 · 2001 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
The Disc 3 · 2006 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
Vocalizations
Each disc's own recording entries are shown under that disc's label. A player appears only where the recording's file survives on a preserved disc.
Disc 2 · 2001
Song. 11/18/98 Serra da Mantiqueira Sunny, 20°C. High altitude scrub. Disc 2 · 2001
Audio file found on Disc 1 (2011). The asserting release's own preserved disc did not carry it; the historical assertion above is unchanged.
Disc 1 · 2011
Song. 11/18/98 Serra da Mantiqueira Sunny, 20°C. High altitude scrub. Disc 1 · 2011
More images
Photo by Fritz Muellert Disc 1 · 2011
Which discs list this bird
- Disc 2 · 2001 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 3 · 2006 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 1 · 2011 — in this disc's bird list
How that was established
- Disc 2 · 2001
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 3 · 2006
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 1 · 2011
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The disc's own record fields that place the bird on its list: a non-empty entry in the species table, and the byte that marks it as selected on a local checklist.
Historical checklist participation
Disc 2 · 2001
Selected on local checklists: BOSB.CKD; BRSB.CKD; FASB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; NUSP.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SRRB.CKD; SSSB.CKD; VASB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBRAZIL.CKD; SEBZ_D1.CKD
Disc 3 · 2006
Selected on local checklists: BOSB.CKD; BRSB.CKD; FASB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; NUSP.CKD; PARB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SRRB.CKD; SSSB.CKD; VASB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd
Disc 1 · 2011
Selected on local checklists: BOSB.CKD; BRSB.CKD; FASB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; NUSP.CKD; PARB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SRRB.CKD; SSSB.CKD; VASB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd