Blue-headed Hummingbird

Riccordia bicolor (Gmelin, JF, 1788)

Spanish: Colibrí Bicolor

The Blue-headed Hummingbird (Riccordia bicolor) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 4.5 g and its bill is 19.3 mm long. It lives in Dominica and Martinique. Its IUCN Red List status is Near threatened, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

4.5 g, about 4 paperclips

Bill

19.3 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Near threatened, decreasing

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
3. Tribe Trochilini emeralds
4. Genus Riccordia emeralds

Where it lives · 2 countries

• Dominica
• Martinique

Others in the genus Riccordia

• Puerto Rican Emerald Riccordia maugaeus
• Hispaniolan Emerald Riccordia swainsonii
• Brace's Emerald Riccordia bracei
• Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii

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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