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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
22/05/2024 08:18:14 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Sword-billed Hummingbird*
Id (Atlas):
Ensifera ensifera
Description (10 )
Sword-billed Hummingbird
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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.
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)... )
Listen to XC260507
(Ensifera ensifera ) [XC260507 ]
by id from Loja: Cajanuma, Ecuador (call, foraging calls)
Listen to XC578584
Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera ) [XC578584 ]
by Jerome Fischer from Ibagu\u00e9, Tolima, Colombia (flight call)
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 .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Sword-billed Hummingbird see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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