Hummingbirds

Sapphire-spangled Emerald

Amazilia lactea

The Sapphire-spangled Emerald (Amazilia lactea) is a 4.6 g forest bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

4.6 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

3

Recorded in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia.

Where to see it: Floresta Estadual Edmundo Navarro de Andrade (Brazil); Manu Biolodge (anteriormente Estación Biológica Villa Carmen) (Peru); Los Amigos Biological Station (CICRA) (Peru); PE Intervales (Brazil); Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge & Manu Paradise Lodge (Peru).

Photo: (c) Filipi Miranda Soares, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist