Bicolored Conebill
Conirostrum bicolor
The bicolored conebill is 11.4 cm long and weighs 11 g. The adult is grey-blue above and buff-tinged grey below, with red eyes, pink legs and a sharp, pointed bill. The primary flight feathers are bluish with brown edgings. The sexes are similar, although the female may be a little duller, but immature birds are greenish above and have pale yellow underparts. Birds sometimes breed in immature plumage. It is similar to the pearly-breasted conebill, alongside which it occurs in the Amazon.
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White-eared Conebill
Conirostrum leucogenys
The white-eared conebill is a small (7g) bird. Subspecies are similar in appearance across their range. Adult males have a blue back, wings, and tail, and a light blue, sometimes greyish, underpart with a rufous undertail covert. They have a black crown, face, and lores, and a white cheek. Immature males are similar but have a less bold black colouring on the face and crown. Females are more subtly coloured, with a lighter blue back, crown, nape, and tail, with the primaries being olive coloured and the breast, belly, flanks, and face being yellow.
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