Tepui Goldenthroat

Polytmus milleri (Chapman, 1929)

Spanish: Colibrí de Tepuí

The Tepui Goldenthroat (Polytmus milleri) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae (mangoes). It weighs about 4.1 g and its bill is 25.4 mm long. It lives in Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

4.1 g, about 4 paperclips

Bill

25.4 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 Polytminae mangoes
3. Genus Polytmus goldenthroats

Where it lives · 3 countries

• Venezuela
• Guyana
• Brazil

Others in the genus Polytmus

• White-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus guainumbi
• Green-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus theresiae

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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