White-throated Hummingbird

Leucochloris albicollis (Vieillot, 1818)

Spanish: Colibrí Gargantilla

The White-throated Hummingbird (Leucochloris albicollis) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 6.3 g and its bill is 26.9 mm long. It lives in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

6.3 g, about 6 paperclips

Bill

26.9 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 Leucochloris

Where it lives · 5 countries

• Brazil
• Argentina
• Uruguay
• Paraguay
• Peru rare visitor

Nearest relatives, in the tribe Trochilini (emeralds)

• Plain-bellied Emerald Chrysuronia leucogaster
• Glittering-throated Emerald Chionomesa fimbriata
• White-chested Emerald Chrysuronia brevirostris
• Sapphire-spangled Emerald Chionomesa lactea
• Blue-headed Sapphire Chrysuronia grayi
• Rufous-throated Sapphire Hylocharis sapphirina
• Humboldt's Sapphire Chrysuronia humboldtii
• Gilded Hummingbird Hylocharis chrysura
• Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird Chrysuronia lilliae
• White-bellied Hummingbird Elliotomyia chionogaster

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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