Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Violet-capped Hummingbird (Goldmania violiceps) - HBW 5, p. 581
French: Colibri à calotte violette
German: Violettkappenkolibri
Spanish: Colibrí de Goldman
Other common names: Goldman’s Hummingbird
Taxonomy: Goldmania violiceps Nelson, 1911, Cerro Azul, 3000 feet [c. 1000 m], north-west of Chepo, Panama.
Linked with Goethalsia, with which shares the long, stiffened central undertail-coverts; one proposal, based on external morphology, suggests placing present species in Hylocharis; general behaviour, however, indicates close affinities with Chlorostilbon. Monotypic.
Distribution: C Panama (Cerro Azul, Cerro Bruja, Cerro Tacarcuna) to extreme NW Colombia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female feeding at a feeder Locality Cerro Azul, Chagres National Park, Panama (Monotypic species)
Bill Wayman 4 years ago 17 sec 3.8 -
A male perched in slow motion and flying to another branch Locality Cerro Azul, Chagres National Park, Panama (Monotypic species)
Bill Wayman 4 years ago 35 sec 3.7 -
A male at a feeder. Locality Cerro Azul, Chagres National Park, Panama (Monotypic species)
Robert Schaefer 12 January 2012 8 weeks ago 31 sec 3.5
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bird perched on a feeder
Locality Cerro Azul, Chagres National Park, Panama
ben lascelles 30 June 2008 2 years ago 3
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