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Olive-spotted hummingbird

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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. ^ Template:IUCN
  2. ^ Ridgely, Robert and Paul Greenfield. The Birds of Ecuador. Volume II: Field Guide. Cornell, 2001


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