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Violet-crowned Hummingbird
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Violet-crowned Hummingbird

Ramosomyia violiceps (Gould, 1859)

Spanish: Colibrí Corona Violeta

The Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Ramosomyia violiceps) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 5.1 g and its bill is 25.9 mm long. It lives in the United States and Mexico. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a stable population.

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At a glance

Weight
5.1 g, about 5 paperclips
Bill
25.9 mm
Lives in
Shrubland
Moves
Stays put all year
Red List status
Least concern, stable

Its place in the family

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

Where it lives · 2 countries

Others in the genus Ramosomyia

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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