Green-fronted Lancebill

Doryfera ludovicae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1847)

Spanish: Colibrí Picolanza Mayor

The Green-fronted Lancebill (Doryfera ludovicae) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae (mangoes). It weighs about 6.0 g and its bill is 37.6 mm long. It lives in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, Bolivia and Venezuela. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a stable population.

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At a glance

Weight

6.0 g, about 6 paperclips

Bill

37.6 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, stable

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Polytminae mangoes
3. Genus Doryfera lancebills

What Doryfera share: A long, straight, very thin bill.

Where it lives · 7 countries

• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Panama
• Bolivia
• Venezuela

Others in the genus Doryfera

• Blue-fronted Lancebill Doryfera johannae

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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