Purple-bibbed Whitetip

Urosticte benjamini (Bourcier, 1851)

Spanish: Colibrí Puntiblanco Occidental

The Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Heliantheini (brilliants). It weighs about 3.9 g and its bill is 20.7 mm long. It lives in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

3.9 g, about 4 paperclips

Bill

20.7 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, decreasing

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Lesbiinae coquettes and brilliants
3. Tribe Heliantheini brilliants
4. Genus Urosticte whitetips

Where it lives · 3 countries

• Ecuador
• Colombia
• Peru

Others in the genus Urosticte

• Rufous-vented Whitetip Urosticte ruficrissa

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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