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Photo by Mariano Mavila
Lima, Peru, October 2004

Amazilia amazilia

Includes: Loja Hummingbird

[edit] Identification

Black-tipped red bill, rufous rump and underparts.
Female has an all black bill

[edit] Distribution

Western South America: found in Peru and Ecuador.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• A. a. dumerilii:

• Pacific slope of Ecuador to northern Peru; eastern slope in Zamora Valley

• A. a. leucophaea:

• North-western Peru

• A. a. amazilia:

• Arid littoral of western Peru

• A. a. caeruleigularis:

• Foothills of south-western Peru (Nazca Valley in Ica)

• A. a. alticola:

• Amazilia Hummingbird (Loja): Andes of southern Ecuador - sometimes accepted as full species

Photo by Mariano Mavila
Lima, Peru

[edit] Habitat

Tropical rainforest, parks, woodlands

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes nectar and insects.

Immature
Photo by BirdsPeru
Chosica, Lima, Peru, November 2005

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. London Zoo

• List of references

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