Hummingbirds

Many-spotted Hummingbird

Taphrospilus hypostictus

The Many-spotted Hummingbird (Taphrospilus hypostictus) is a 7.0 g forest bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

7.0 g

Habitat

Forest

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); WildSumaco Lodge (Ecuador); Sadiri Lodge (Bolivia); Manu Biolodge (anteriormente Estación Biológica Villa Carmen) (Peru); Cabañas San Isidro (Ecuador).

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