Many-spotted Hummingbird
Taphrospilus hypostictus (Gould, 1862)
Spanish: Colibrí Moteado
The Many-spotted Hummingbird (Taphrospilus hypostictus) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 7.0 g and its bill is 25.0 mm long. It lives in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Colombia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.
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At a glance
- Weight
- 7.0 g, about 7 paperclips
- Bill
- 25.0 mm
- Lives in
- Forest
- Moves
- Stays put all year
- Red List status
- Least concern, decreasing
Its place in the family
- Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
- Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
- Tribe Trochilini emeralds
- Genus Taphrospilus
Where it lives · 4 countries
Nearest relatives, in the tribe Trochilini (emeralds)
- Spot-throated Hummingbird Thaumasius taczanowskii
- Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Eupetomena macroura
- Tumbes Hummingbird Thaumasius baeri
- Sombre Hummingbird Eupetomena cirrochloris
- Buffy Hummingbird Leucippus fallax
- Olive-spotted Hummingbird Talaphorus chlorocercus
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
- Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus
- Black-bellied Hummingbird Eupherusa nigriventris
- Black-billed Streamertail Trochilus scitulus
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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