Blue-fronted Lancebill (Doryfera johannae) [XC762416]
by Guilherme de Melo Becher from Valley in Cordillera Escalera, San Martin, Peru (flight call)
Blue-fronted Lancebill (Doryfera johannae) [XC297012]
by Paul Driver from Aguas Verdes, San Martin, Peru (call)
Subspecies
Genus formerly placed in subfamily Phaethornithinae, due largely to confusion regarding its nest but now known to be part of the basal radiation of the Trochilinae. In many older works generic name Hemistephania was used.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
johannae (Bourcier, 1847) - Eastern slope of eastern Andes from central-eastern Colombia to north-eastern Peru.
guianensis (Boucard, 1893) - Southern Guyana, southern Venezuela and tepuis of adjacent northern Brazil.