Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Black-backed Thornbill (Ramphomicron dorsale) - HBW 5, p. 648
French: Colibri à dos noir
German: Schwarzer Kurzschnabelkolibri
Spanish: Colibrí Piquicorto Dorsinegro
Taxonomy: Ramphomicron dorsale Salvin and Godman, 1880, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia.
Forms a superspecies with R. microrhynchum. Possibly closely related to Lesbia nuna. Monotypic.
Distribution: Santa Marta Mts of NE Colombia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adult male, perched Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
Cedric Prys-Roberts 25 February 2012 11 weeks ago 22 sec 4
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A sub-adult male.
Locality Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 4 January 2012 16 weeks ago 4.2 -
Bird photographed near a feeder in El Dorado Bird Reserve in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Locality Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
Sebastian Ballesteros Caro 21 February 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.8 -
Sub-adult male.
Locality Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 4 January 2012 16 weeks ago 3.3 -
Adult male, perched
Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
Cedric Prys-Roberts 25 February 2012 11 weeks ago 3.2 -
Female at feeders
Locality Cuchillo San Lorenzo, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 6 August 2010 1 year ago 2.8 -
Female near feeders
Locality Cuchillo San Lorenzo, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 6 August 2010 1 year ago 2.3
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