Tooth-billed Hummingbird (Androdon aequatorialis)

Other Names (World)
Tooth-billed Hummingbird, Ecuadorian Toothbill, Equatorial Hummingbird, Cadet Hummingbird

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
14.30 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gould, 1863

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest. From 750 - 1,550 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, Panama.

Eastern Panama and western Colombia (Chocó) to north-western Ecuador.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (34)...)

Tooth-billed Hummingbird (Androdon aequatorialis) [XC85121]
by Andrew Spencer from La Union Road, 6.5 km NW of Alto Tambo, Esmeraldas, Ecuador (call)

Tooth-billed Hummingbird (Androdon aequatorialis) [XC37457]
by Juan Freile from Rio Canand\u00e9 Reserve, Esmeraldas, Ecuador (call, foraging calls)

Subspecies
Controversial discussion continues as to whether this species belongs in Phaethornithinae or Trochilinae. Based on external morphology, hindneck musculature, and behaviour it has even been placed, together with members of genus Doryfera, in a separate subfamily Doryferinae, phylogenetically ranked between the hermits and non-hermits. Behavioural and molecular studies suggest that the species is not related to the Phaethornithinae.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Tooth-billed Hummingbird (Androdon aequatorialis) - 10 files

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