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Peruvian Piedtail
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Peruvian Piedtail

Phlogophilus harterti Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1901

Spanish: Colibrí Colipinto Peruano

The Peruvian Piedtail (Phlogophilus harterti) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Lesbiini (coquettes). It weighs about 2.7 g and its bill is 18.8 mm long. It is found only in Peru. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a stable population.

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At a glance

Weight
2.7 g, about 3 paperclips
Bill
18.8 mm
Lives in
Forest
Moves
Stays put all year
Red List status
Least concern, stable
Endemic
Found only in Peru

Its place in the family

  1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
  2. Subfamily Lesbiinae coquettes and brilliants
  3. Tribe Lesbiini coquettes
  4. Genus Phlogophilus piedtails

Where it lives · 1 country

Others in the genus Phlogophilus

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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