Black-eared Fairy (Heliothryx auritus)

Other Scientific Names
Heliothryx aurita [BirdLife International (2004)], Heliothryx aurita [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Heliothryx aurita [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Other Names (World)
Black-eared Fairy, Green-chinned Fairy

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
11.60 - 13.20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1788)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Black-eared Fairy (Heliothryx auritus) [XC223907]
by Peter Boesman from Lower escalera, Bolivar, Venezuela (call)

Black-eared Fairy (Heliothryx auritus) [XC422982]
by Andrew Spencer from RPPN Esta\u00e7\u00e3o Veracel, Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil (flight call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti), with which sometimes regarded as conspecific. There is a narrow zone of distributional overlap exists in north-western Colombia, but both taxa maintain their distinctness.

Proposed subspecies major of present species is most likely a young male of Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

aurita (Gmelin, 1788) - South-eastern Colombia and eastern Ecuador through northern Brazil (north of Amazon) to north-eastern Venezuela (eastern Sucre) and the Guianas.
phainolaemus Gould, 1855 - North-central Brazil (south of Amazon in Para and Maranhio).
auriculatus (Nordmann, 1835) - Eastern Peru and central Bolivia to central and eastern Brazil (Amazonia south of Amazon through Mato Grosso to Alagoas and Bahia, and south to Espirito Santo, irregularly to Santa Catarina).

References
See References.

Files:

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