Bronze-tailed Comet (Polyonymus caroli)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
11 - 12.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bourcier, 1847)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 1,500 - 3,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Peru (B).

Central and southern Peru: on Pacific slope; in western Andes (Cajamarca to western Arequipa); and from side valleys of R Marañón south to Huánuco and Huancavelica.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

Bronze-tailed Comet (Polyonymus caroli) [XC141605]
by Du\u0161an M. Brinkhuizen from Santa Eulalia road, Lima, Peru (call, song)

Bronze-tailed Comet (Polyonymus caroli) [XC347976]
by Daniel Lane from Huarochir\u00ed, Departamento de Lima, Peru (call)

Subspecies
Genus sometimes merged into Lesbia. Affinities uncertain, but probably closely related to Taphrolesbia.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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