Hummingbirds

Brown Violetear

Colibri delphinae

The Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae) is a 6.4 g forest bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

6.4 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

12

Recorded in Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Honduras, Belize, Brazil, Guyana, Nicaragua.

Where to see it: Alto Anchicayá - El Descanso (Doña Dora) (Colombia); WildSumaco Lodge (Ecuador); Refugio Paz de las Aves (Angel Paz) (Ecuador); Asa Wright Nature Center (Trinidad and Tobago); Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa (Sergio y Doris) (Ecuador).

Photo: (c) Esteban Poveda, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist