White-vented Plumeleteer
Chalybura buffonii(Lesson, RP, 1832)
English (US) White-vented Plumeleteer
The White-vented Plumeleteer (Chalybura buffonii) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
- Scientific name
- Chalybura buffonii
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-vented Plumeleteer
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1832)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Chalybura buffonii micans
- Chalybura buffonii buffonii
- Chalybura buffonii aeneicauda
- Chalybura buffonii caeruleogaster
- Chalybura buffonii intermedia
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus buffonii
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1832)
- Type locality
- Brazil; error = Bogota region of Colombia by designation of HeUmayr and Seilern, Arch. Naturg., 78A, 1912, Heft 5, p. 140.
- Original description
- Les Trochilidées ou les Colibris et les Oiseaux-Mouches, suivis d'un Index Général, dans lequel sont décrites et classées méthodiquement toutes les races et espèces du genre Trochilus p.31 pl.5
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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