This species is a winter resident and is found in the Country from October to may.
This species is a winter resident and is found in the Country from October to may.
It is endemic to the interior of wet montane forests of the Occidental and Central Cordillera of Colombia. Mainly from 1300 to 2200 meters above sea level; however, some records indicate it can be found as low as 900 meters, especially in the Department of Cauca.
The Great Sapphirewings primarily feed on nectar taken from a variety of brightly colored, scented small flowers of trees, herbs, shrubs and epiphytes.
It is a bird species of the strigidae family and the order Strigiformes, the approximate size of these bird is 20 or 24 centimeters.
Like others manakins, the White-bearded manakin is a compact, brightly coloured forest bird,
It is a bird species of the Columbidae family and order Columbiformes, the approximate size of these bird is 17 centimeters.
In Colombia it is up to 1000 m high above sea level from Valley of the Sinú River to the east to the western base of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the west of the Guajira.Also to the south until the high valley of the river Cauca and the valley of Magdalena until the northwest of Santander. East of the Andes from Arauca to the west of Caquetá and Vaupés.
It is found Colombia between 2200 and 4000m, in the Eastern Cordillera from the Northeast of Santander to Cundinamarca, in the Central Cordillera from Caldas to Nariño and header of Magdalena Valley in Huila. It is also found in northern Peru.
Its plumage is bronze-brown, with a reddish crown and a forked blue-and-black tail with white-swept tips. The male has a bluish-green lower mandible base and a reddish golden neck.
The Colombian Coffee Region (Spanish: Eje Cafetero), is a part of the Colombian Paisa region in the rural area of Colombia. It is famous for growing and producing the majority of Colombian coffee, considered by many to be the best coffee in the world. There are four departments in the area: Caldas, Quindío, Risaralda and Valle del Cauca. The most visited cities are Manizales, Armenia, Pereira, and Cali. This region was declared as a World Heritage region in 2011 (Coffe Cultural Landscape of Colombia).