Mountain Velvetbreast
Lafresnaya lafresnayi (Boissonneau, 1840)
Spanish: Colibrí Aterciopelado
The Mountain Velvetbreast (Lafresnaya lafresnayi) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Heliantheini (brilliants). It weighs about 5.3 g and its bill is 29.6 mm long. It lives in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.
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At a glance
- Weight
- 5.3 g, about 5 paperclips
- Bill
- 29.6 mm
- Lives in
- Forest
- Moves
- Stays put all year
- Red List status
- Least concern, decreasing
Its place in the family
- Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
- Subfamily Lesbiinae coquettes and brilliants
- Tribe Heliantheini brilliants
- Genus Lafresnaya velvetbreasts
Where it lives · 4 countries
Nearest relatives, in the tribe Heliantheini (brilliants)
- Blue-throated Starfrontlet Coeligena helianthea
- Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera
- Merida Starfrontlet Coeligena eos
- Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus
- Golden-bellied Starfrontlet Coeligena bonapartei
- Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens
- Perija Starfrontlet Coeligena consita
- Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii
- Buff-winged Starfrontlet Coeligena lutetiae
- Velvet-purple Coronet Boissonneaua jardini
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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