Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti) - HBW 5, p. 564
French: Colibri à tête violette
German: Violettkopfkolibri
Spanish: Colibrí Cabeciazul
Other common names: Violet-crowned Hummingbird(!)
Taxonomy: Trochilus Guimeti Bourcier, 1843, Caracas, Venezuela.
Genus sometimes merged into Abeillia; closely related to Stephanoxis. Nominate and race pallidiventris intergrade in SE Ecuador. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- merrittii (Lawrence, 1860) - E Honduras to E Panama.
- guimeti (Bourcier, 1843) - N & W Venezuela through E Colombia and Ecuador to extreme N & NE Peru and extreme NW & N Brazil.
- pallidiventris Stolzmann, 1926 - E Peru and WC Bolivia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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perched male Locality Copalinga Lodge, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador (ssp guimeti)
Martin Kennewell 4 April 2011 41 weeks ago 22 sec 4 -
Adult male foraging a few seconds before perching a while in a Porterweed bush. Locality Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp guimeti )
Pia Öberg 28 February 2011 23 weeks ago 24 sec 3.5 -
male perched inside flowering bush Locality Copalinga Lodge, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador (ssp guimeti)
Martin Kennewell 3 April 2011 41 weeks ago 17 sec 3.3
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Eating
Locality Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 31 October 2011 13 weeks ago 4 -
Fedding at flower
Locality Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 29 October 2011 13 weeks ago 4 -
An inmature male perched.
Locality El Relleno, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 18 November 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
A Violet-headed Hummingbird feeding on Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (Verbenaceae) in the garden of the Tropical Research Station L
Locality Golfito, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp merrittii)
Norbert Sauberer 11 February 2007 2 years ago 3.3 -
Violet-headed Hummingbird, Arenal Observatory Lodge, Costa Rica
Locality Arenal region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Ron Flemal 31 January 2010 1 year ago 3.2
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foraging calls Locality Copalinga Lodge, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
(ssp guimeti)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 3 February 2010 2 years ago 3
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