Olive-spotted Hummingbird
Talaphorus chlorocercus(Gould, J, 1866)
English (US) Olive-spotted Hummingbird
The Olive-spotted Hummingbird (Talaphorus chlorocercus) 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: far southeastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador, northeastern Peru, and northwestern BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Talaphorus chlorocercus
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Olive-spotted Hummingbird
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1866)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Leucippus chlorocercus
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1866)
- Type locality
- Upper Ucayali River, Peru.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866, pt.1 p.194
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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