Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Buffy Hummingbird (Leucippus fallax) - HBW 5, p. 592
French: Colibri trompeur
German: Zimtbrustkolibri
Spanish: Colibrí Ante
Taxonomy: Trochilus fallax Bourcier, 1843, Caracas, Venezuela.
Proposed races cervina (NE Colombia), occidentalis (NW Venezuela) and richmondi (Margarita I and Tortuga I, off NC Venezuela) are doubtfully distinct; differences apparently represent individual variation. Monotypic.
Distribution: Coastal area of Colombia and Venezuela and adjacent offshore islands.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Bird relaxing on a low branch after 5 minutes flying around me. Locality Laguna de Las Marites National Park, Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta State, Venezuela
Thore Noernberg 12 July 2012 44 weeks ago 24 sec 4.1 -
bird cleaning his feathers than singing Locality Lecheria, Anzoátegui State, Venezuela
Thore Noernberg 19 May 2013 4 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 43 sec 4 -
A brief view of a bird singing Locality Barquisimeto, Lara State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 30 November 2003 4 years ago n/a 3.5 -
A perched bird looking around Locality Unare Lagoon, Anzoátegui State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 August 2003 5 years ago 13 sec 3.5 -
A bird singing on a branch Locality Barquisimeto, Lara State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 30 November 2003 4 years ago 39 sec 3.4 -
A bird on a perch and flying away Locality Araya Peninsula, Sucre State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Peter Nash 8 November 2005 7 years ago 39 sec 3.4
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I found this beauty on a walk round a Botanical Garden on the Isla Margarita, I was 2 Metres away and she never flinched!
Locality Venezuela
Stan Mansfield 28 March 2009 3 years ago 4.1 -
quietly perching
Locality El Pájaro, La Guajira Department, Colombia
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 23 September 2012 32 weeks ago 4 -
bird sitting on a fence in a garden area
Locality Venezuela
Thore Noernberg 6 July 2012 45 weeks ago 4 -
A bird perched on a branch
Locality Cerro Guayamurí, Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta State, Venezuela
Miguel Emmanuelli 18 September 2010 2 years ago 4 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Cerro Guayamurí, Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta State, Venezuela
Miguel Emmanuelli 17 June 2009 3 years ago 3.9 -
bird perching on a lower branch in xerophitic vegetation close to Playa El Yaque
Locality Laguna de Las Marites National Park, Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta State, Venezuela
Thore Noernberg 12 July 2012 44 weeks ago 3.8
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Song from a perched bird. Locality Araya Peninsula, Sucre State, Venezuela
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 3 May 2002 3 years ago 4
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