Black-eared Fairy

Heliothryx auritus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)

Spanish: Colibrí Hada Oriental

The Black-eared Fairy (Heliothryx auritus) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae (mangoes). It weighs about 5.4 g and its bill is 24.1 mm long. It lives in 9 countries, including Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Guyana. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

5.4 g, about 5 paperclips

Bill

24.1 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, decreasing

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Polytminae mangoes
3. Genus Heliothryx fairies

What Heliothryx share: White underparts and a long tail.

Where it lives · 9 countries

• Brazil
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Colombia
• Guyana
• Venezuela
• Suriname
• French Guiana
• Bolivia

Others in the genus Heliothryx

• Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti

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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