Sparkling Violetear
Colibri coruscans (Gould, 1846)
Spanish: Colibrí Rutilante
The Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae (mangoes). It weighs about 6.7 g and its bill is 29.1 mm long. It lives in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile and Guyana. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern.
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At a glance
- Weight
- 6.7 g, about 7 paperclips
- Bill
- 29.1 mm
- Lives in
- Gardens & towns
- Moves
- Stays put all year
- Red List status
- Least concern
Its place in the family
- Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
- Subfamily Polytminae mangoes
- Genus Colibri violetears
What Colibri share: A patch of violet-blue feathers behind the eye (the 'ear') that can be fanned out in display.
Where it lives · 8 countries
Others in the genus Colibri
- White-vented Violetear Colibri serrirostris
- Brown Violetear Colibri delphinae
- Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus
- Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus
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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