Green-fronted lancebill

Green-fronted lancebill
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Doryfera
Species: D. ludovicae
Binomial name
Doryfera ludovicae
(Bourcier & Mulsant, 1847)

The green-fronted lancebill (Doryfera ludovicae) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

It is found in subtropical and tropical moist montane forests in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.

The green-fronted lancebill feeds on the nectar of epiphytes, including mistletoe.


References

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