Known from the discs' own bird lists
Rufous-throated Sapphire
hylocharis sapphirina
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
8.4-8.9 cm. A medium sized red bill with a dark tip. The male is dark green above; the chin and upper throat rufous; lower throat and upper breast glittering violet; belly gray; upper tail coverts and central tail feathers coppery violet, the rest chestnut edged dusky.
The female is coppery green above; upper throat rufous, lower throat whitish with glittering blue disks; the rest of underparts grayish with green discs; tail as in the male but the outer feather white-tipped.
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Male Disc 1 · 2011 -
Female Disc 1 · 2011
Each plate is labelled with the disc's own caption.
The account, continued
Voice Disc 1 · 2011
A highly pitched insect-like "driii..drii..drii..drii.."
Behavior Disc 1 · 2011
Feeding territories are agressively defended by males.
Breeding Disc 1 · 2011
August - February.
Habitat and status Disc 1 · 2011
Rare in bush savannah, forest edge, coffee plantations, parks.
Distribution Disc 1 · 2011
Throughout. There are old records from Rincao, São Jeronimo, Canca, Itapura (119).
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 1 · 2011
Espiritu Santo, 2008 Disc 1 · 2011
More images
The disc records this picture against the bird without a caption. 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: RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SRRB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBRAZIL.CKD; SEBZ_D1.CKD
Disc 3 · 2006
Selected on local checklists: RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SDTC.CKD; SRRB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd
Disc 1 · 2011
Selected on local checklists: RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SDTC.CKD; SRRB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd