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
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Violet-capped Hummingbird
- Described by
- Nelson, EW, 1911
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic 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.
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