Green-and-white Hummingbird

Elliotomyia viridicauda (Berlepsch, 1883)

Spanish: Amazilia Blanquiverde

The Green-and-white Hummingbird (Elliotomyia viridicauda) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 6.1 g and its bill is 25.3 mm long. It is found only in Peru. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

6.1 g, about 6 paperclips

Bill

25.3 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, decreasing

Endemic

Found only in Peru

Its place in the family

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

Where it lives · 2 countries

• Peru
• Bolivia rare visitor

Others in the genus Elliotomyia

• White-bellied Hummingbird Elliotomyia chionogaster

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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