About the Santa Marta Blossomcrown
The Santa Marta blossomcrown is a Vulnerable species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Colombia.
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The Santa Marta blossomcrown is about 8.4 cm (3.3 in) long. Both sexes have a straight black bill. The adult male has a buffy white forehead, a rufous chesnut hindcrown, mostly shining green upperparts, and a rusty lower back and uppertail coverts. Its underparts are grayish buff. Its tail is bronzy green with buffy tips to the feathers, and all but the central pair of feathers also have a black bar near the tip. Females and immatures are similar to the adult male but their whole crown is brownish. Voice: The Santa Marta blossomcrown's song is "a long series of repeated tsip notes".
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Where the Santa Marta Blossomcrown lives
When to see the Santa Marta Blossomcrown
Peak activity in February · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
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