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Cosmopsaltria doryca
I normally find this species by its loud "singing" but this quiescent specimen was spied glimmering in the late afternoon sunlight. As noted in the comments this specimen has a relatively short abdomen. While this is not typical of most I observe, here is an image from elsewhere of this form http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20ord...
Spotted on a beach mahogany tree (Calophyllum inophyllum) in a large partially wooded yard & garden adjacent to a disturbed patch of remnant lowland forest. This is in the equatorial lowland tropics of northern New Guinea.
http://cloud.papua.go.id/id/keanekaragam... and http://www.flickriver.com/photos/thirnbe...
Spotted on Mar 28, 2014
Submitted on Mar 28, 2014
5 Comments
Thanks
Aha.. I can stop feeling sorry for it. If that was one of ours there would be a happy fat bird hanging around somewhere. Very nice ID job.
Mark, here's an image from elsewhere of the truncated form http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20ord...
Yes, now that you mention it, Mark ;-)
Nice green. A bit short in the ahh.. abdomen.