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ForestTiny · 7 g
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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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When to see the White-eared Conebill
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-eared Conebill
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the White-eared Conebill
The white-eared conebill is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
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Easily confused with
Giant ConebillConirostrum binghamiThe giant conebill is a small passerine bird, one of the tanager family.
White-browed ConebillConirostrum ferrugineiventreThe white-browed conebill is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Rufous-browed ConebillConirostrum rufumThe rufous-browed conebill is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
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