Olive-spotted hummingbird

Olive-spotted hummingbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Leucippus
Species: L. chlorocercus
Binomial name
Leucippus chlorocercus
Gould, 1866

The olive-spotted hummingbird or "Colibrí olivipunteado" (Leucippus chlorocercus) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

Description

8 cm in length. Dull metallic green above, crown slightly browner, with white postocular spot. Whitish below, throat with a few olive spots, sides washed greenish. Tail green with grayish tips on outer feathers.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Leucippus chlorocercus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Ridgely, Robert and Paul Greenfield. The Birds of Ecuador. Volume II: Field Guide. Cornell, 2001


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