Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Shining-green Hummingbird (Lepidopyga goudoti) - HBW 5, p. 587
French: Colibri de Goudot
German: Grünkolibri
Spanish: Colibrí de Goudot
Other common names: Luminous Hummingbird (luminosa)
Taxonomy: Trochilus Goudoti Bourcier, 1843, Ibagué, Magdalena Valley, Colombia.
Race luminosa (perhaps including phaeochroa) has sometimes been treated as a separate species. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- luminosa (Lawrence, 1862) - coastal lowlands of N Colombia.
- goudoti (Bourcier, 1843) - middle and upper Magdalena Valley (C Colombia).
- zuliae Cory, 1918 - N & W parts of L Maracaibo basin (extreme NE Colombia and NW Venezuela).
- phaeochroa Todd, 1942 - S & E parts of L Maracaibo basin (NW Venezuela).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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male perched under canopy Locality Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (ssp luminosa)
Martin Kennewell 15 May 2012 48 weeks ago 14 sec 2.3
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One male captured with mist nets near flowering bromeliads
Locality Victoria, Caldas Department, Colombia (ssp goudoti)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 1 June 2009 3 years ago 3.3
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