Green-and-white Hummingbird

Photo by Illapa
Sacred Valley, Peru, June 2008

Amazilia viridicauda

Leucippus viridicauda

Identification

10–11 cm
Male

• Blackish upper mandible
• Dark tipped reddish lower mandible

Sexes similar.

Distribution

South America: endemic to Peru in the Eastern Andes.

Photo by Megan Perkins
Machu Picchu Peublo Hotel, Peru, November 2005

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Some authorities for a while placed this species in the genus Leucippus.

Habitat

Disturbed secondary montane evergreen forest with ornamentals. Humid Subtropical Life Zone. Hotel gardens. Observed at heights around 2040 m elevation

Behaviour

Photo by Stanley Jones
Aguas Calientes, Urubamba Province, Peru, September 2009

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of nectar. They will visit feeders.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green-and-white Hummingbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-and-white_Hummingbird

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