Crimson Topaz

Topaza pella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Spanish: Colibrí Topacio

The Crimson Topaz (Topaza pella) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Florisuginae (topazes). It weighs about 12.1 g and its bill is 30.3 mm long. It lives in Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela and French Guiana. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

12.1 g, about 12 paperclips

Bill

30.3 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 Florisuginae topazes
3. Genus Topaza topazes

What Topaza share: Males have two spectacular, very long central tail feathers that cross over each other.

Where it lives · 5 countries

• Brazil
• Guyana
• Suriname
• Venezuela
• French Guiana

Others in the genus Topaza

• Fiery Topaz Topaza pyra

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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