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 LC    Olive-spotted Hummingbird* Id (Atlas):
    Leucippus chlorocercus

Description (10)
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Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
10 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1866)

Habitat
Semiopen areas along large rivers. From sea-level - 150 m.

Range (Guide)
Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Extreme south-eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru and extreme north-western Brazil.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Song is a 'fee-tju', the first note very high-pitched.

Subspecies
Formerly placed in genus Talaphorus, alone or with Spot-throated Hummingbird (Leucippus taczanowskii), sometimes also with Many-spotted Hummingbird (Taphrospilus hypostictus).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Olive-spotted Hummingbird (Leucippus chlorocercus) - 10 files


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