Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Ecuadorian Piedtail (Phlogophilus hemileucurus) - HBW 5, p. 613

French: Colibri à queue mi-blanche German: Schwarzweißschwanz-Kolibri Spanish: Colibrí Colipinto Ecuatoriano

Taxonomy: Phlogophilus hemileucurus Gould, 1860, banks of Río Napo, east Ecuador.
Has occasionally been placed in genus Adelomyia; more information required to permit accurate assessment of most appropriate generic placement. Forms a superspecies with P. harterti. Monotypic.

Distribution: S Colombia (W Putumayo) through E Ecuador to NE Peru (San Martín).