Brown Violetear

What the Brown Violetear sounds like

Recorded by Rosa Elena Albornoz @rosaelena_naturaleza · Song · Fila De Mariches (near Parroquia La Dolorita), Sucre, Distrito Capital, Venezuela · CC0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song, lek song · Zamora-Chinchipe: Filo de Chumbiriatza, tepui 4.5 km SW Las Orchideas, above "Cabañas Yankuam", Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song, lek song · Zamora-Chinchipe: Filo de Chumbiriatza, tepui 4.5 km SW Las Orchideas, above "Cabañas Yankuam", Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Brown Violetear

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Brown Violetear

The map shades 16 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 El Salvador.

About the Brown Violetear

The brown violetear is a large hummingbird that breeds at middle elevations in the mountains in Central America, and western and northern South America with isolated populations on Trinidad and in the Brazilian state Bahia.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Mexican VioletearColibri thalassinusThe Mexican violetear is roughly medium-sized by hummingbird standards. White-vented VioletearColibri serrirostrisThe white-vented violetear is 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 5.6 to 6.8 g (0.20 to 0.24 oz). Lesser VioletearColibri cyanotusThe lesser violetear is roughly medium-sized by hummingbird standards.