Topaza pella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Machado, Tatiana Lemos da Silva, Marques de Oliveira, Uéslei, Santos do Nascimento, Sheiliane, Santos, Marcos Pérsio Dantas & Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto, 2021, Preliminary survey of avifauna of the Estação Ecológica do Cuniã in Porto Velho, northern Brazil, Check List 17 (1), pp. 289-310 : 299

Topaza pella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Figure 5H Records. BRAZIL – Rondônia • Porto Velho, Estação

Ecológica de Cuniã; first record on 11.VIII.2018; captured with mist-nets and banded; plot T15; CEMAVE- A56507 ; female.

Identification. This species has a mean body length of 23 cm in males and 14 cm in females. The male has iridescent, crimson plumage and a sparkling-green throat. Belly and breast are metallic orange-red. The wings are brown and maroon in their lower part. The long tail coverts are golden green. The bird has short, slightly curved beaks.