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Violet-capped Hummingbird

Goldmania violicepsNelson, EW, 1911

English (US) Violet-capped Hummingbird

The Violet-capped Hummingbird (Goldmania violiceps) 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: highlands of eastern Panama and far northwestern ColombiaRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Goldmania violiceps
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
English (US)
Violet-capped Hummingbird
Described by
Nelson, EW, 1911

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Taxonomic history

Described by
Nelson, EW, 1911
Type locality
Cerro Azul, 3000 feet, northwest of Chepo, Panamd.
Original description
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 56 no.21 p.1

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 363 species of the family Trochilidae