Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) - HBW 5, p. 557
French: Colibri thalassin
German: Kleiner Veilchenohrkolibri
Spanish: Colibrí Verdemar
Other common names: Mexican Violet-ear (thalassinus); Mountain Violet-ear (cyanotus)
Taxonomy: Trochilus thalassinus Swainson, 1827, Tamascáltepec, state of Mexico, Mexico.
The three southern races have sometimes been considered a separate species, C. cyanotus. Formerly recognized race minor of Honduras and Nicaragua is now usually subsumed into nominate; cyanotus and crissalis apparently intergrade through Colombia and Ecuador, and their distinctness has been questioned. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- thalassinus (Swainson, 1827) - C & S Mexico to NC Nicaragua.
- cabanidis (Heine, 1863) - Costa Rica and W Panama.
- cyanotus (Bourcier, 1843) - mountains of Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador.
- crissalis Todd, 1942 - Andes of Peru and Bolivia, and extreme NW Argentina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Several birds on branches and then on a feeder Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp cyanotus)
Anna Motis 16 August 2006 4 years ago 19 sec 4.8 -
Female - drinking nectar from a bottlebrush tree. Locality José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogotá, Colombia (ssp cyanotus)
Blair Wainman 16 December 2010 1 year ago 16 sec 4.5 -
A perched male. Locality Bosque de Paz, Bajos del Toro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp cabanidis)
Alex García · Videoaves 1 July 2010 1 year ago 33 sec 4.5 -
A close-up of a bird Locality Costa Rica (ssp cabanidis)
Max Roth 28 February 2001 6 years ago 7 sec 4.3 -
A bird feeding on flowers Locality Poás region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp cabanidis)
Max Roth 28 February 2001 6 years ago 31 sec 4.2 -
A bird resting on a branch Locality Chiriquí Highlands, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp cabanidis)
Peter Nash 13 March 2002 5 years ago 13 sec 4.1
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Green Violet-ear
Locality San Gerardo de Dota, San José Province, Costa Rica
Jorge Chinchilla 26 December 2011 5 weeks ago 4.7 -
Under rain
Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 2 January 2009 1 year ago 4.6 -
Un retrato de este Colibrí Orejivioláceo Verde.
Locality Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Luis Vargas 12 August 2009 2 years ago 4.6 -
Looking feeders
Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 1 January 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
On a branch
Locality Cabañas San Isidro, Cosanga, Napo Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 28 October 2011 13 weeks ago 4.3 -
On a branch
Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 2 January 2009 1 year ago 4.2
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Song from perch Locality Las Grallarias Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp cyanotus)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 11 June 2011 18 weeks ago 4.3 -
Song from a perched bird Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
(Monotypic species)
Bradley Davis 21 June 2007 2 years ago 4
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