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| Rio Bravo, Colombia 1200 meters; 11/74 ssp. orientalis | |
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| Calima Valley, Colombia male ssp cacica (?) | Upper Huallaga River Valley, Peru ssp inca |
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| Calima Valley, Colombia 1600m Female - yellow form June 28 1987 | |
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| Calima Valley, Colombia 1600m Female - red form "zaddachi" | |
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| Calima Valley, Colombia 1600m Female - white form | |
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| Banos, Ecuador female black form (Very rare) | |
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| Calima Valley, Colombia 1600m Partial gynandromorph with white form of female |
High elevation Andean Valleys from Colombia to central
Peru. Not generally common, but local. Females very rarely seen, and probably
stay in dense forest or canopy. Its life history is still to my knowledge,
unknown. Several ssp:
inca
- central Peru
upanensis
- eastern Ecuador.
orientalis
(= nesrinae) Western Colombian Andes
cacicus
- central and eastern Colombian Andes to W Venezuela.