White-bellied Hummingbird

Elliotomyia chionogaster (Tschudi, 1846)

Spanish: Amazilia Ventrinívea

The White-bellied Hummingbird (Elliotomyia chionogaster) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 5.0 g and its bill is 25.6 mm long. It lives in Argentina, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

5.0 g, about 5 paperclips

Bill

25.6 mm

Lives in

Shrubland

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 Elliotomyia

Where it lives · 4 countries

• Argentina
• Peru
• Bolivia
• Brazil

Others in the genus Elliotomyia

• Green-and-white Hummingbird Elliotomyia viridicauda

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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