Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Violet-bellied Hummingbird (Damophila julie) - HBW 5, p. 587
French: Colibri julie
German: Juliakolibri
Spanish: Colibrí de Julia
Other common names: Julie’s Hummingbird
Taxonomy: Ornismyia [sic] julie Bourcier, 1842, Tunja, Colombia.
Affinities unclear; genus possibly close to Thalurania or Chlorostilbon. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- panamensis Berlepsch, 1884 - C Panama (Canal Zone, both slopes of Darién); also reported, apparently in error, from Costa Rica.
- julie (Bourcier, 1842) - N & C Colombia, E to Santa Marta, Magdalena Valley and Tolima.
- feliciana (Lesson, 1844) - SW Colombia (Nariño) through W Ecuador to NW Peru (Tumbes).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult male perched, getting harassed by another hummingbird, flying away and returning back to its perch again Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador (ssp feliciana)
Don DesJardin 31 August 2006 4 years ago 21 sec 4.8 -
Profile view of a perched bird Locality Canopy Tower, Soberanía National Park, Panama
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2010 48 weeks ago 20 sec 4.5 -
On a feeder Locality Canopy Tower, Soberanía National Park, Panama
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2010 49 weeks ago 21 sec 4.4 -
A bird perched near feeders, another individual flying above Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador (ssp feliciana)
Richard Garrigues 6 January 2007 4 years ago 15 sec 4.1 -
front of male on branch Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador (ssp feliciana)
Martin Kennewell 14 April 2011 36 weeks ago 19 sec 4 -
front view of immature or moulting adult male at feeder Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador (ssp feliciana)
Martin Kennewell 14 April 2011 36 weeks ago 9 sec 4
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Adult male, seen from behind, perched on a twig at Umbrellabird Lodge.
Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador (ssp feliciana )
Pia Öberg 31 January 2007 22 weeks ago 4.2 -
Perched
Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador
Galo Real 13 April 2010 17 weeks ago 3.5 -
Perched male
Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador
mark sutton 30 June 2005 2 years ago 3.3 -
Damophila julie photographed at the Buenaventura Ecological Reserve in El Oro province, Ecuador by Gustavo Morejón.
Locality Ecuador
images4life.org 16 March 2007 2 years ago 3.2
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