Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Andean Emerald (Agyrtria franciae) - HBW 5, p. 598
French: Ariane de Francia
German: Andenamazilie
Spanish: Amazilia Andina
Taxonomy: Trochilus Franciæ Bourcier and Mulsant, 1846, Bogotá, Colombia.
Genus usually merged into Amazilia. Due to different crown colour, race viridiceps sometimes regarded as a separate species or treated as race of A. versicolor. “A. veneta” may be melanistic female of present species. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- franciae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) - NW & C Colombia.
- viridiceps (Gould, 1860) - SW Colombia and W Ecuador.
- cyanocollis (Gould, 1854) - Andes of N Peru.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a perch, calling Locality Los Colibríes, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp viridiceps)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2005 6 years ago 48 sec 4.9 -
A bird eating at a feeder Locality Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp viridiceps)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2005 6 years ago 24 sec 4.8 -
A bird on a branch, then on a feeder Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp viridiceps)
Robert Schaefer 22 February 2007 3 years ago 19 sec 4.8 -
A bird at a feeder Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp viridiceps)
Anna Motis 16 August 2006 4 years ago 16 sec 4.8 -
A bird perched, sticking out its tongue and cleaning its bill Locality Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp viridiceps)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2005 6 years ago 32 sec 4.8 -
A bird feeding at a feeder Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp viridiceps)
Anna Motis 16 August 2006 4 years ago 22 sec 4.5
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Photographed near feeder on eastern slope of Western Cordillera at 2100m
Locality Dapa, Yumbo, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia
Peter Franze 11 September 2011 9 weeks ago 4.8 -
On a branch
Locality Alambi Cloud Forest Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 25 October 2011 13 weeks ago 4.5 -
On a branch
Locality Alambi Cloud Forest Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 23 October 2011 13 weeks ago 4.5 -
A bird near nectar feeders.
Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
steve williams 1 November 2006 2 years ago 4.5 -
On a branch
Locality Alambi Cloud Forest Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 25 October 2011 13 weeks ago 4.5 -
Frontal view of adult bird perched on a leaf at Umbrellabird Lodge.
Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador (ssp viridiceps)
Pia Öberg 2 February 2007 20 weeks ago 4.4
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flight calls Locality Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp viridiceps)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 9 December 2009 2 years ago 3
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