Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Czech | kolibřík achátový |
Dutch | Vonkkeelkolibrie |
English | Plain-capped Starthroat |
English (United States) | Plain-capped Starthroat |
French | Colibri de Constant |
French (France) | Colibri de Constant |
German | Funkenkehlkolibri |
Japanese | ムジボウシノドフサハチドリ |
Norwegian | bronsestjernestrupe |
Polish | aksamitek białowąsy |
Russian | Искрогорлый ангел |
Serbian | Severni zvezdogrli kolibri |
Slovak | medovec bielofúzy |
Spanish | Colibrí Pochotero |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Colibrí Pochotero |
Spanish (Honduras) | Colibrí Picudo Corona Simple |
Spanish (Mexico) | Colibrí Picudo Occidental |
Spanish (Panama) | Heliomaster Gorrioscuro |
Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí pochotero |
Swedish | brunhättad stjärnkolibri |
Turkish | Boz Alınlı Yıldızlıgerdan |
Ukrainian | Колібрі-янгол біловусий |
Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
Version: 1.0 — Published January 3, 2014
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Diet and Foraging
Diet
Plain-capped Starthroat presumably is primarily nectarivorous. Flowering plants that this hummingbird is reported to visit include Agave macroacantha, Bromelia pinguin, Combretum fructicosum, Erythrina chiapansa, E. goldman, E. lanata, E. pudica, E. tuxtlana, Genipa caruto, Hamelia versicolor, Ceiba aesculifolia, Ceiba, Bomacopsis, Tabebuia, Ipomoea quamoclit, Justicia mexicana, Ipomoea bracteata, Opuntia excelsa, Tillandsia paucifolia, and Nopalea karwinskiana, and occasionally Heliconia (Arizmendi and Ornelas 1990, Grij et al. 1990, Arizmendi et al. 1994, Stiles and Skutch 1989, Wolf 1970).
Plain-capped Starthroats also consume small insects (Dickey and van Rossem 1938, Remsen et al. 1986), as do most if not all species of hummingbirds.