Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Brown Violet-ear (Colibri delphinae) - HBW 5, p. 557
French: Colibri de Delphine
German: Brauner Veilchenohrkolibri
Spanish: Colibrí Pardo
Taxonomy: Ornismya Delphinæ Lesson, 1839, no locality = Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia.
Proposed race greenwalti of Bahia (E Brazil), claimed to differ very subtly in coloration, does not appear sufficiently distinct to merit recognition. Monotypic.
Distribution: Guatemala and Belize to Colombia, then S to W Ecuador, E Peru and N Bolivia, and E to Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana and NC Brazil (Roraima); E Brazil (Serra Sincorá in Bahia).
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A bird sharing a feeder with other hummingbirds Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Anna Motis 16 August 2006 4 years ago 47 sec 4.9 -
A bird on a stick, flying away and coming back, preening, calling and showing glittering throat. Locality Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia
Pere Sugranyes 12 December 2007 3 years ago 35 sec 4.8 -
perched side view Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 14 April 2011 36 weeks ago 18 sec 4.5 -
A bird flying and returning to a branch Locality Poás region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Max Roth 28 February 2001 6 years ago 23 sec 4.5 -
A bird at two different feeders Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2005 6 years ago 35 sec 4.4 -
A close-up of a bird displaying the ear-coverts and calling. Locality Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Pere Sugranyes 13 December 2007 3 years ago 14 sec 4.3
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Brown and Sparkling Violet-ear Fighting
Locality Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 29 October 2011 13 weeks ago 4.4 -
On a branch
Locality Alambi Cloud Forest Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 25 October 2010 13 weeks ago 4.4 -
Starting
Locality Alambi Cloud Forest Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 25 October 2011 13 weeks ago 4.4 -
On a branch
Locality Alambi Cloud Forest Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 25 October 2011 13 weeks ago 4.3 -
A bird, seen slightly from above, perched on a telephone line.
Locality Sachatamia Lodge, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Pia Öberg 24 August 2005 20 weeks ago 4.3 -
Western Cordillera
Locality Colombia
Peter Franze 21 October 2011 9 weeks ago 4.2
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Song. Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 21 October 2005 2 years ago 3
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