Geoffroy's Daggerbill (Schistes geoffroyi) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Geoffroy's Daggerbill (Schistes geoffroyi), photo 1 — Photo: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0

Geoffroy's Daggerbill (Schistes geoffroyi), photo 2 — Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0

Geoffroy's Daggerbill (Schistes geoffroyi), photo 3 — Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0

Geoffroy's Daggerbill (Schistes geoffroyi), photo 4 — Photo: David F. Belmonte · CC BY 4.0

Geoffroy's Daggerbill (Schistes geoffroyi), photo 5 — Photo: batsoul · CC BY 4.0

Geoffroy's Daggerbill (Schistes geoffroyi), photo 8 — Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0

Geoffroy's Daggerbill (Schistes geoffroyi), photo 9 — Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0

Geoffroy's Daggerbill (Schistes geoffroyi), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Tommy Andriollo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Geoffroy's Daggerbill sounds like

Sonogram of the Geoffroy's Daggerbill: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Napo: pass of Cord. de los Guacamayos, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

Geoffroy's daggerbill is 8.6 to 9.3 cm (3.4 to 3.7 in) long and weighs 3.5 to 4.1 g (0.12 to 0.14 oz). It gets its name from the tip of its bill, which is very narrow and sharply pointed, though this characteristic is not easily seen in the field. Males of the nominate subspecies have bronzy green upperparts with a coppery cast to the rump. They have glittery violet patches on the sides of the iridescent golden-green throat, white patches on either side of the upper chest, and an elongated white patch behind the eye. Their underpars are green. Voice: The song of Geoffroy's daggerbill is "an insect-like series of regularly spaced simple 'tsit' or sibilant 'sink' notes." It is sung from a low perch.

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When to see the Geoffroy's Daggerbill

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

Where to see the Geoffroy's Daggerbill

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ecuador Peru Colombia Venezuela Bolivia

About the Geoffroy's Daggerbill

Geoffroy's daggerbill, Geoffroy's wedgebill, or eastern wedge-billed hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

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Easily confused with

White-throated DaggerbillSchistes albogularisThe white-throated daggerbill is 8.6 to 9.3 cm (3.4 to 3.7 in) long and weighs 3.5 to 4.1 g (0.12 to 0.14 oz).

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