Blue-fronted Lancebill

Doryfera johannae (Bourcier, 1847)

Spanish: Colibrí Picolanza Menor

The Blue-fronted Lancebill (Doryfera johannae) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae (mangoes). It weighs about 4.8 g and its bill is 30.6 mm long. It lives in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

4.8 g, about 5 paperclips

Bill

30.6 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 Doryfera lancebills

What Doryfera share: A long, straight, very thin bill.

Where it lives · 6 countries

• Ecuador
• Peru
• Colombia
• Venezuela
• Guyana
• Brazil

Others in the genus Doryfera

• Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae

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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