Amazilia Hummingbird
Amazilis amazilia (Lesson, RP & Garnot, 1827)
Spanish: Amazilia Costeña
The Amazilia Hummingbird (Amazilis amazilia) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 4.3 g and its bill is 20.7 mm long. It lives in Peru and Ecuador. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern.
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At a glance
- Weight
- 4.3 g, about 4 paperclips
- Bill
- 20.7 mm
- Lives in
- Shrubland
- Moves
- Stays put all year
- Red List status
- Least concern
Its place in the family
- Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
- Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
- Tribe Trochilini emeralds
- Genus Amazilis
Where it lives · 2 countries
Nearest relatives, in the tribe Trochilini (emeralds)
- Honduran Emerald Amazilia luciae
- Andean Emerald Uranomitra franciae
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Versicolored Emerald Chrysuronia versicolor
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Shining-green Hummingbird Chrysuronia goudoti
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Golden-tailed Sapphire Chrysuronia oenone
- Copper-rumped Hummingbird Saucerottia tobaci
- Mangrove Hummingbird Chrysuronia boucardi
Sources
Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.
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