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Ecuadorian Piedtail
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Ecuadorian Piedtail

Phlogophilus hemileucurus Gould, 1860

Spanish: Colibrí Colipinto Ecuatoriano

The Ecuadorian Piedtail (Phlogophilus hemileucurus) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Lesbiini (coquettes). It weighs about 2.8 g and its bill is 19.0 mm long. It lives in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight
2.8 g, about 3 paperclips
Bill
19.0 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 Lesbiinae coquettes and brilliants
  3. Tribe Lesbiini coquettes
  4. Genus Phlogophilus piedtails

Where it lives · 3 countries

Others in the genus Phlogophilus

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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