Hummingbirds
Ecuadorian Piedtail
Phlogophilus hemileucurus
The Ecuadorian Piedtail (Phlogophilus hemileucurus) is a 2.8 g forest bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.
- Family
- Hummingbirds
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Weight
- 2.8 g
- Habitat
- Forest
- Diet
- Fruit and nectar
- Migration
- Resident
- Countries recorded
- 3
Recorded in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru.
Where to see it: WildSumaco Lodge (Ecuador); Cabañas San Isidro (Ecuador).
Photo: (c) Tom Field, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist