Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Purple-backed Thornbill (Ramphomicron microrhynchum) - HBW 5, p. 648
French: Colibri à petit bec
German: Purpur-Kurzschnabelkolibri
Spanish: Colibrí Piquicorto Común
Taxonomy: Ornismya microrhyncha Boissonneau, 1840, Bogotá, Colombia.
Forms a superspecies with R. dorsale. Perhaps closely related to Lesbia nuna. Races andicolum and albiventre are doubtfully distinct from nominate. “Lesbia ortoni” (= “Zodalia glyceria”) is probably a hybrid of present species and L. victoriae. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- andicolum (Simon, 1921) - Andes of Venezuela (Mérida).
- microrhynchum (Boissonneau, 1840) - Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and NW Peru.
- albiventre Carriker, 1935 - Andes of C Peru (Huánuco to Cuzco and Apurímac).
- bolivianum Schuchmann, 1984 - Andes of Bolivia (Cocapata in Cochabamba).
- Least Concern
- No sound recordings available yet
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