Hummingbirds

Blue-mantled Thornbill

Chalcostigma stanleyi

The Blue-mantled Thornbill (Chalcostigma stanleyi) is a 5.8 g grassland bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

5.8 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

4

Recorded in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia.

Where to see it: Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge & Manu Paradise Lodge (Peru).

Photo: (c) Tristan Jobin, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist