Green-fronted Hummingbird - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo by Peter R. Bono
El Sumidero Canyon, Chiapas, Mexico, July 2009

Ramosomyia viridifrons

Leucolia viridifrons
Amazilia viridifrons

Includes: Cinnamon-sided Hummingbird

Identification

10–11·5 cm

• Dark-tipped red bill
• Blackish crown

Distribution

Endemic to Mexico.

Taxonomy

This is a polytypic species^[1] consisting of 3 subspecies.

Green-fronted Hummingbird is sometimes placed in genus Agyrtria.

Subspecies

• R. v. viridifrons:

• Southern Mexico (eastern Guerrero to western Oaxaca)

• R. v. wagneri:

• Southern Mexico (central and south Oaxaca)

• R. v. villadai:

Southern Mexico (eastern Oaxaca and Chiapas) and west central Guatemala (Huehuetenango)

Habitat

Dry or semi-dry pine-oak forests and scrub .

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of nectar and insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green-fronted Hummingbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 7 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-fronted_Hummingbird

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