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The blue-tufted starthroat is 12.6 to 13 cm (5.0 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 5 to 6.5 g (0.18 to 0.23 oz). Both sexes of all subspecies have a long, decurved, black bill and a small white spot behind the eye. Both have a forked tail but the female's is less deeply indented than the male's. Males in breeding plumage have an emerald green crown, nape, and upper back; the rest of the upperparts are shining coppery green. The throat is glittering violet. The underparts and elongated feathers on the sides of the neck are iridescent ultramarine. Voice: The blue-tufted starthroat does not appear to have a conventional song. It does make "a descending, pure-whistled 'tseep'" call.
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When to see the Blue-tufted Starthroat
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Blue-tufted Starthroat
The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Peru.
About the Blue-tufted Starthroat
The blue-tufted starthroat is a species of hummingbird in the "mountain gems", tribe Lampornithini in subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and possibly Ecuador.
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Easily confused with
Plain-capped StarthroatHeliomaster constantiiThe plain-capped starthroat is 11 to 13 cm (4.3 to 5.1 in) long.
Stripe-breasted StarthroatHeliomaster squamosusThe stripe-breasted starthroat is 11.2 to 12.4 cm (4.4 to 4.9 in) long and weighs 5 to 6.5 g (0.18 to 0.23 oz).
Long-billed StarthroatHeliomaster longirostrisThe long-billed starthroat is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long.
Side by side: Blue-tufted Starthroat vs Long-billed Starthroat · Blue-tufted Starthroat vs Plain-capped Starthroat · Blue-tufted Starthroat vs Saw-billed Hermit · Blue-tufted Starthroat vs Stripe-breasted Starthroat
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