Gray-bellied Comet
Taphrolesbia griseiventris (Taczanowski, 1883)
Spanish: Colibrí Ventrigrís · IOC: Grey-bellied comet
The Gray-bellied Comet (Taphrolesbia griseiventris) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Lesbiini (coquettes). It weighs about 8.9 g and its bill is 22.8 mm long. It is found only in Peru. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered, with a decreasing population.
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At a glance
- Weight
- 8.9 g, about 9 paperclips
- Bill
- 22.8 mm
- Lives in
- Shrubland
- Moves
- Stays put all year
- Red List status
- Endangered, decreasing
- Endemic
- Found only in Peru
Its place in the family
- Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
- Subfamily Lesbiinae coquettes and brilliants
- Tribe Lesbiini coquettes
- Genus Taphrolesbia comets
Where it lives · 1 country
Nearest relatives, in the tribe Lesbiini (coquettes)
- Bronze-tailed Comet Polyonymus caroli
- Ecuadorian Hillstar Oreotrochilus chimborazo
- Red-tailed Comet Sappho sparganurus
- Blue-throated Hillstar Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus
- Venezuelan Sylph Aglaiocercus berlepschi
- Green-headed Hillstar Oreotrochilus stolzmanni
- Violet-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus coelestis
- Black-breasted Hillstar Oreotrochilus melanogaster
- Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingii
- Andean Hillstar Oreotrochilus estella
Sources
Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), IOC World Bird List. 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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