Violet-bellied Hummingbird

Chlorestes julie (Bourcier, 1843)

Spanish: Colibrí de Julia

The Violet-bellied Hummingbird (Chlorestes julie) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 3.3 g and its bill is 16.0 mm long. It lives in Panama, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

3.3 g, about 3 paperclips

Bill

16.0 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 Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
3. Tribe Trochilini emeralds
4. Genus Chlorestes emeralds, goldentails, sapphires

Where it lives · 4 countries

• Panama
• Ecuador
• Colombia
• Peru

Others in the genus Chlorestes

• White-chinned Sapphire Chlorestes cyanus
• Blue-chinned Sapphire Chlorestes notata
• Blue-throated Goldentail Chlorestes eliciae
• White-bellied Emerald Chlorestes candida

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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