Hummingbirds

Purple-backed Thornbill

Ramphomicron microrhynchum

The Purple-backed Thornbill (Ramphomicron microrhynchum) is a 3.6 g forest bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

3.6 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

4

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