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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A close-up of a bird Locality Costa Rica (ssp cabanidis)
Max Roth 28 February 2001 7 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 7 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 6 years ago 13 sec 4.1 -
A bird feeding at a feeder Locality Hotel Pueblo, Aguas Calientes, Cusco Department, Peru (ssp crissalis)
Josep del Hoyo 27 July 2005 6 years ago 20 sec 4.1 -
at feeder (on right) Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (ssp cyanotus)
Martin Kennewell 19 May 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 37 sec 4 -
A bird perched. Locality Huembo Interpretation Centre, Amazonas Department, Peru (ssp crissalis )
Yoel Jimenez 25 November 2012 18 weeks ago 20 sec 4
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Looking feeders
Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 1 January 2009 2 years ago 4.3 -
On a branch
Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 2 January 2009 2 years ago 4.3 -
Green Violetear
Locality Patzcuaro, Michoacan State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp thalassinus)
Gail Marie Wood 1 September 2012 27 weeks ago 4.3 -
Bird in a garden a Cerro Punta
Locality Volcan Baru National Park, Chiriquí Province, Panama
hawk 30 April 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.2 -
On the spot
Locality Cobán, Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala
Marc FASOL 2 May 2012 22 weeks ago 4.2 -
On a branch
Locality Río Blanco Reserve, Caldas Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 29 October 2011 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 1 year 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 3 years ago 4
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