Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
13 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boissonneau, 1839)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 1,700 - 3,500 m, occasionally up to 3,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Andes from western Venezuela through Colombia, Ecuador and Peru to north-eastern Bolivia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

(Ensifera ensifera) [XC578585]
by Roger Ahlman from Ibagu\u00e9, Tolima, Colombia (flight call)

(Ensifera ensifera) [XC154231]
by Niels Krabbe from Bosque Paja Blanca, Chota, Cajamarca, Peru (call, quiet calls while hovering and feeding)

Subspecies
Closely related to Coeligena and may even belong in that genus.

Proposed subspecies caerulescens, known from a single specimen of unknown origin, is apparently not valid, as morphological differences are most likely aberrant and may even relate to a damaged skin.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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