Blue-fronted Lancebill (Doryfera johannae)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
11 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bourcier, 1847)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest. From 400 - 1,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

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) [XC85955]
by Tayler Brooks from Amazonia Lodge, Madre de Dios, Peru (call, foraging calls)

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.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Blue-fronted Lancebill (Doryfera johannae) - 10 files

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