Hummingbirds

Green-backed Hillstar

Urochroa leucura

The Green-backed Hillstar (Urochroa leucura) is an 11 g forest bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

11 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Nectarivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

3

Recorded in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru.

Where to see it: WildSumaco Lodge (Ecuador); Cabañas San Isidro (Ecuador).

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