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 LC    Sparkling Violet-ear* Id (Atlas):
    Colibri coruscans

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Sparkling Violet-ear, Colombian Violet-ear, Gould's Violet-ear, Chequered Violet-ear, Sparkling Violetear

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
14 - 15.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1846)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude grassland and shrubland, heavily degraded former forest, rural gardens. From 1,700 - 4,500 m, occasionally to 1,300 m.

Range (Guide)
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (47)...)

 
Sparkling Violetear (Colibri) [XC463197]
     by Rolf A. de By from rd Mollepata--Salcantay, Provincia de Anta, Cuzco, Peru (song)

 
Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans) [XC548315]
     by Felipe Velasco from Quito, Calder\u00f3n, Pichincha, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Proposed subspecies rostratus (mountains of upper Orinoco Valley) doubtfully distinct from germanus the only differences appear to be longer bill and tail. Form "buckleyi", known only by type from Bolivia, appears to refer to an aberrant plumage of present species, perhaps the poorly known melanistic form.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • germanus (Salvin & Godman, 1884)   -  Southern Venezuela, eastern Guyana and northern Brazil.
  • coruscans (Gould, 1846)   -  North-western Venezuela and Colombia through Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia and north-western Argentina; possibly also northern Chile.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) - 10 files


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