Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera)

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.

Range (Guide)

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)...)

(Ensifera ensifera) [XC154231]
by Niels Krabbe from Bosque Paja Blanca, Chota, Cajamarca, Peru (call, quiet calls while hovering and feeding)

(Ensifera ensifera) [XC15102]
by Andrew Spencer from Yanacocha reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador (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.

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