Rufous-vented Whitetip (Urosticte ruficrissa)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
8.60 - 9.40 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lawrence, 1864

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,350 - 2,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador.

Eastern slope of south-central Andes of Colombia (Huila, south-eastern Nariño) to eastern Ecuador.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Rufous-vented Whitetip (Urosticte ruficrissa) [XC36028]
by Frank Lambert from below Abra Patricia, Peru (call)

Rufous-vented Whitetip (Urosticte ruficrissa) [XC86305]
by Niels Krabbe from Santa Cecilia track, above Paquisha, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (call)

Subspecies
On the basis of behaviour, genus belongs to a clade including Eriocnemis, Haplophaedia and Ocreatus. Genus sometimes merged into Adelomyia. Sometimes considered conspecific with Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini), based on intermediate characters of birds from north-eastern Peru. This population has often been awarded subspecies intermedia, but differences probably constitute a cline within Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini). Peruvian population of Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) sometimes transferred to present species. Further study is required.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rufous-vented Whitetip (Urosticte ruficrissa) - 10 files

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