Violet-headed Hummingbird
Klais guimeti (Bourcier, 1843)
Spanish: Colibrí Cabeciazul
The Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 2.6 g and its bill is 15.2 mm long. It lives in 9 countries, including Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.
See it in the explorer eBird page ↗
At a glance
- Weight
- 2.6 g, about 3 paperclips
- Bill
- 15.2 mm
- Lives in
- Forest
- Moves
- Stays put all year
- Red List status
- Least concern, decreasing
Its place in the family
- Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
- Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
- Tribe Trochilini emeralds
- Genus Klais
Where it lives · 10 countries
Nearest relatives, in the tribe Trochilini (emeralds)
- Rufous Sabrewing Pampa rufa
- Emerald-chinned Hummingbird Abeillia abeillei
- Wedge-tailed Sabrewing Pampa curvipennis
- Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus
- Xantus's Hummingbird Basilinna xantusii
- Green-crowned Plovercrest Stephanoxis lalandi
- White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis
- Purple-crowned Plovercrest Stephanoxis loddigesii
- Western Emerald Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus
- Santa Marta Blossomcrown Anthocephala floriceps
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.
Spotted a mistake, or have a photo of this species? Write to Lia