Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird (Schistes albogularis)

Other Names (World)
Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird, White-throated Wedgebill

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
8.60 - 9.30 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1851)

Range (Guide)

Western Colombia (western Andes and western slope of central Andes) to western Ecuador. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Eastern Wedge-billed Hummingbird (Schistes geoffroyi).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)

White-throated Daggerbill (Schistes albogularis) [XC264487]
by Jonas Nilsson from El Oro: upper Buenaventura reserve, Ecuador (begging call, begging calls)

White-throated Daggerbill (Schistes albogularis) [XC829176]
by Juan Freile from Nanegalito (near Tandayapa), Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Eastern Wedge-billed Hummingbird (Schistes geoffroyi).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird (Schistes albogularis) - 10 files

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