Brown Violetear
Colibri delphinae(Lesson, RP, 1839)
English (US) Brown Violetear
The Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae) 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.
Range: Belize and Guatemala to the Guianas, Brazil, and BoliviaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Colibri delphinae
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brown Violetear
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1839)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ornismya Delphinae
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1839)
- Type locality
- No type locality; Santa Fe' de Bogota, Colombia, designated by Berlepsch and Hartert, Nov. Zool., 9, 1902, p. 870)
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 2 p.44
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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