Violet-capped Hummingbird (Goldmania violiceps) [XC79112]
by William Adsett from Altos del Torre\u00f3n, Altos de Cerro Azul, Panama (call)
Violet-capped Hummingbird (Goldmania violiceps) [XC271309]
by Peter Boesman from Cerro Azul area, Panama (call)
Subspecies
Linked with Goethalsia, with which shares the long, stiffened central undertail-coverts. One proposal, based on external morphology, suggests placing present species in Hylocharis. However, general behaviour indicates close affinities with Chlorostilbon.