Santa Marta Blossomcrown
Anthocephala floriceps (Gould, 1853)
Spanish: Colibrí Florido de Santa Marta
The Santa Marta Blossomcrown (Anthocephala floriceps) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 3.9 g and its bill is 17.1 mm long. It is found only in Colombia. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable, with a decreasing population.
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At a glance
- Weight
- 3.9 g, about 4 paperclips
- Bill
- 17.1 mm
- Lives in
- Forest
- Moves
- Stays put all year
- Red List status
- Vulnerable, decreasing
- Endemic
- Found only in Colombia
Its place in the family
- Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
- Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
- Tribe Trochilini emeralds
- Genus Anthocephala blossomcrowns
Where it lives · 1 country
Others in the genus Anthocephala
- Tolima Blossomcrown Anthocephala berlepschi
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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