Hummingbirds

Golden-tailed Sapphire

Amazilia oenone

The Golden-tailed Sapphire (Amazilia oenone) is a 5.0 g forest bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

5.0 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

6

Recorded in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil.

Where to see it: WildSumaco Lodge (Ecuador); Manu Biolodge (anteriormente Estación Biológica Villa Carmen) (Peru); Sadiri Lodge (Bolivia); Refugio Los Volcanes (Bolivia); Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge & Manu Paradise Lodge (Peru).

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist