Peruvian Piedtail (Phlogophilus harterti)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
8.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1901

Habitat
Humid montane forest, primarily on low outlying ridges. From 750 - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Peru (B).

Central and south-eastern Peru (southern Huánuco, Pasco, Cuzco, Puno).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation due to land clearance, agricultural conversion and logging, with associated road-building and human colonisation, is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Peruvian Piedtail (Phlogophilus harterti) [XC227737]
by id from Pilcopata area, Madre de Dios, Peru (song?)

Subspecies
Has occasionally been placed in genus Adelomyia but more information required to permit accurate assessment of most appropriate generic placement. Forms a superspecies with Ecuadorian Piedtail (Phlogophilus hemileucurus).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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