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Green-backed Firecrown

Sephanoides sephaniodes

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernNectarUrbanCup nestTiny · 5 g
Green-backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes), photo 1
Photo: Juan Rodolfo Lillo Lobos · CC BY 4.0
Green-backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes), photo 2
Photo: Juan Rodolfo Lillo Lobos · CC BY 4.0
Green-backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes), photo 3
Photo: Diego Almendras G. · CC BY 4.0
Green-backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes), photo 4
Photo: Diego Almendras G. · CC BY 4.0
Green-backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes), photo 5
Photo: Diego Almendras G. · CC BY 4.0
Green-backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes), photo 6
Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0
Green-backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes), photo 7
Photo: Darío De la Fuente · CC BY 4.0
Green-backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes), photo 8
Photo: Eric Schmidt · CC BY 4.0
Green-backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes), photo 9
Photo: Ezequiel Racker · CC BY 4.0
Green-backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes), photo 10
Photo: Juan Rodolfo Lillo Lobos · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The green-backed firecrown is 10 to 10.5 cm (3.9 to 4.1 in) long. Males weigh about 5.5 g (0.19 oz) and females about 5 g (0.18 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic, with larger, short-billed males, and smaller, longer-billed females. Adults of both sexes have bronzy green upperparts, slaty green wings and tails, and pale buff underparts with black and green spots. Adult males have the eponymous iridescent red-yellow crown. Juveniles of both sexes have rusty feather edges on the head and their underparts have a cinnamon tone. Voice: The green-backed firecrown's typical song is "a series of high-pitched notes interspersed by gravelly trills and squeaky notes, 'pseee...pseee...krrr.skee.skee.skee....psee...'." Its call is "a single 'psee' or 'skee'."

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When to see the Green-backed Firecrown

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Green-backed Firecrown

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Chile Argentina Uruguay

About the Green-backed Firecrown

The green-backed firecrown is a hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Argentina, mainland Chile, and the Juan Fernández Islands.

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Easily confused with

Juan Fernandez Firecrown (Sephanoides fernandensis) Juan Fernandez FirecrownSephanoides fernandensisThe Juan Fernández firecrown is among the most radically sexually dimorphic hummingbirds.

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