Amazon Quiz: (June 26) Which island country is this bird native to?

Great Britain

Madagascar

Cuba

Java

Answer: Cuba

The Glittering-bellied Emerald (Chlorostilbon aureoventris / Chlorostilbon lucidus) is a South American hummingbird distributed across north-eastern Argentina, eastern and central Bolivia, eastern Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

This hummingbird is prevalent across its range, and it prefers semi-open settings such as gardens and parks.

Pacheco and Whitney demonstrated that this hummingbird had previously been misdiagnosed as a Chlorostilbon aureoventris (2006).

Male: The majority of his head is green. The bill is red in colour with a black tip. The underparts are green, with a dark blue forked tail.

Female: Similar to the male, but with a white streak behind the eye, a whiter throat and breast, pale grey tail tips, and a larger area of black on the back.

Except for breeding, hummingbirds are solitary in all aspects of life; the male’s only engagement in the reproductive cycle is mating with the female. They do not reside or move in groups, and they do not have a pair bond. Males court females by flying in front of them in a u-shaped manner. He will instantly separate from the female after copulation. A male may mate with multiple females. The female will almost certainly mate with many males. The males do not help choose the nest location, build the nest, or raise the babies.

The female is in charge of constructing the cup-shaped nest out of braided plant fibres with green moss on the outside for concealment in a protected spot in a shrub, bush, or tree. She lines the nest with soft plant fibres, animal hair, and feather down, and reinforces it with spider webbing and other sticky material, making it elastic enough to extend to double its size as the chicks grow and require more space. Typically, the nest is found on a low, narrow horizontal branch.

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