White-throated Hummingbird (Leucochloris albicollis)

Other Names (World)
White-throated Hummingbird, Brazilian White-throated Hummingbird

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1818)

Habitat
Canopy and edge of forests, rural gardens, park, plantations. Mainly below 1,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay (B).

Eastern Bolivia, eastern Paraguay, northern Argentina and south-eastern Brazil (Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul); possibly also northern Uruguay.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
An irregular, dry 'tjek-tjek-tjek...'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (54)...)

White-throated Hummingbird (Leucochloris albicollis) [XC365332]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Maldonado Marsh, Punta del Este, Departamento de Maldonado, Uruguay (song)

White-throated Hummingbird (Leucochloris albicollis) [XC779506]
by from Ubajay, Col\u00f3n, Entre R\u00edos, Argentina (song, posado)

Subspecies
"Leucochloris malvina", known only by type specimen from Rio de Janeiro, may be hybrid of present species and Glittering-bellied Emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-throated Hummingbird (Leucochloris albicollis) - 10 files

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