Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) - HBW 5, p. 554
French: Colibri jacobin
German: Weißnackenkolibri
Spanish: Colibrí Nuquiblanco
Other common names: (Great) Jacobin/White-bellied(!)/Collared Hummingbird
Taxonomy: Trochilus mellivorus Linnaeus, 1758, India; error = Surinam.
Over the wide continental range of this species several races have been named, but all are now lumped into nominate; only birds on Tobago, distinguishable by larger size, are generally separated, although some birds from Santa Marta Mts (NE Colombia) are apparently as large. For this race the name tobagensis is a frequently used synonym. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mellivora (Linnaeus, 1758) - S Mexico to Panama and Colombia, S to W Ecuador, SE Peru and N Bolivia, and E to Venezuela, Trinidad, the Guianas and Amazonian Brazil.
- flabellifera (Gould, 1846) - Tobago.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An immature male perched on a branch Locality Los Colibríes, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp mellivora)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2005 5 years ago 19 sec 4.8 -
A female taking a bath under the rain. Locality Rancho Naturalista, Cartago Province, Costa Rica (ssp mellivora)
Alex García · Videoaves 28 June 2010 1 year ago 24 sec 4.8 -
brief front view, flies and returns back on Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador (ssp fulgidigula)
Martin Kennewell 14 April 2011 36 weeks ago 21 sec 4.7 -
A male defending a perch and chasing an Andean Emerald Locality Los Colibríes, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp mellivora)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2005 6 years ago 29 sec 4.7 -
One indidividual perched close to a hummingbird feeder Locality Asa Wright Nature Centre, Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp mellivora)
DAVID ASCANIO 3 March 2010 1 year ago 28 sec 4.7 -
A male perched on a branch and at a feeder Locality Los Colibríes, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp mellivora)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2005 5 years ago 35 sec 4.6
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White-necked Jacobin
Locality Rancho Naturalista, Cartago Province, Costa Rica
Jorge Chinchilla 6 May 2010 7 weeks ago 4.8 -
On a branch
Locality Alambi Cloud Forest Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 23 October 2011 13 weeks ago 4.7 -
On a branch
Locality Alambi Cloud Forest Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 25 October 2011 13 weeks ago 4.5 -
White-necked jacobin in Flight at Yerette
Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
SIRROYALTY 15 April 2011 40 weeks ago 4.5 -
A female perched.
Locality Asa Wright Nature Centre, Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
rufous03 1 March 2010 46 weeks ago 4.4 -
On a branch
Locality Alambi Cloud Forest Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 26 October 2011 13 weeks ago 4.4
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calls (2x) while foraging on flower Locality Jocotoco Foundation’s Canandé Station, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
(ssp mellivora)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 12 January 2010 2 years ago 3
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