Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Blue-mantled Thornbill (Chalcostigma stanleyi) - HBW 5, p. 655
French: Métallure de Stanley
German: Schwarzkopf-Glanzschwänzchen
Spanish: Colibrí de Stanley
Taxonomy: Trochilus Stanleyi Bourcier, 1851, cold regions of Pichincha and Cotopaxi, Ecuador.
Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- stanleyi (Bourcier, 1851) - both Andean slopes of Ecuador.
- versigularis Zimmer, 1924 - E Peru in Andes E of R Marañón S to Cordillera Carpish (Huánuco).
- vulcani (Gould, 1852) - S of R Huallaga along E Andes of Peru and WC Bolivia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched in a tree then on a montane shrub Locality Abra Malaga, Cusco Department, Peru (ssp vulcani)
Keith Blomerley 29 November 2004 6 years ago 20 sec 2.9 -
male, perched on rock, flies (slow motion - very brief) Locality Abra Malaga, Cusco Department, Peru (ssp vulcani)
Martin Kennewell 30 August 2006 40 weeks ago 8 sec 2.3
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Adult female.
Locality Papallacta Pass, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp stanleyi)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 23 August 2011 37 weeks ago 4.2 -
Adult male, seen front-on, sitting on the ground drinking nectar from tiny yellow flowers.
Locality El Cajas National Park, Azuay Province, Ecuador (ssp stanleyi)
Pia Öberg 16 February 2007 34 weeks ago 4 -
immature bird
Locality Papallacta, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp stanleyi)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 27 November 2007 2 years ago 3 -
Perched in tree near Park headquarters.
Locality El Cajas National Park, Azuay Province, Ecuador
manakin 1 July 2010 49 weeks ago 2.5
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