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Violet-capped Hummingbird
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Violet-capped Hummingbird

Goldmania violiceps Nelson, 1911

Spanish: Colibrí de Goldman

The Violet-capped Hummingbird (Goldmania violiceps) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 4.1 g and its bill is 21.7 mm long. It lives in Panama and Colombia. Its IUCN Red List status is Near threatened, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight
4.1 g, about 4 paperclips
Bill
21.7 mm
Lives in
Forest
Moves
Stays put all year
Red List status
Near threatened, decreasing

Its place in the family

  1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
  2. Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
  3. Tribe Trochilini emeralds
  4. Genus Goldmania

Where it lives · 2 countries

Others in the genus Goldmania

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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