Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird

The Sapphire-Bellied Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It has bright plumage, with blue undersides and green uppersides and black wings. The forked tail is blue-black. It is found only in Colombia. The species is endemic to the Atlantic coasts. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical mangrove forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird is classified as Critically Endangered (CR), facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Sapphire-Bellied Hummingbird (Lepidopyga lilliae) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It has bright plumage, with blue undersides and green uppersides and black wings. The forked tail is blue-black. It is found only in Colombia. The species is endemic to the Atlantic coasts. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical mangrove forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss. References - * BirdLife International 2004. More

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Sapphire-bellied hummingbird perched on branch Sapphire-bellied hummingbird perched on branchPrint factsheet Facts - Spanish: Colibrí Ventrizafiro Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Apodiformes Family Trochilidae Genus Lepitopyga (1) Status More

Sapphire-bellied Hummingbirds revealed that the bird frequents this vegetation type and is rarely found at any distance from it. 2. Flowering of the species Erythrina fusca in the western sector of the park plays an important role in the bird’s seasonal abundance. 3. For the sampling periods in the central and western parts of the park, the bird is more abundant in zones of mixed vegetation adjacent to mangroves. More

The Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird has been regarded as a race of L. coeruleogularis, but both have been taken at the same location in Cienaga Grande, Colombia (Hilty and Brown 1986). * Overview * Distribution Recommended Citation Luther, David 2010 .Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird (Lepidopyga lilliae), Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=%0A%09%09%09%0925190 On this page... More

Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird is extremely rare and only found in areas dominated by red and black mangroves, primarily in the main Cienaga Grande and not on Isla de Salamanca. The mangroves are also home to Northern Scrub-Flycatcher, Bicolored Conebill, and Neotropical migrants such as numerous Prothonotary Warblers and Northern Waterthrushes. Birding colombia is the hub for info on birding sites, guides, tours, recent news, trip reports, photos, bird lists, and much more. More