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Speckled Hummingbird

Adelomyia melanogenys

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernNectarForestCup nestTiny · 5 g
Speckled Hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys), photo 1
Photo: Francisco Enríquez · Public domain
Speckled Hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys), photo 2
Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0
Speckled Hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys), photo 3
Photo: Biodiversity Heritage Library · CC BY 2.0
Speckled Hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys), photo 4
Photo: Andy Morffew from Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, UK · CC BY 2.0
Speckled Hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys), photo 5
Photo: Don Henise · CC BY 2.0
Speckled Hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys), photo 6
Photo: Lesson, R. P. · Public domain

ID tip

The speckled hummingbird is a monomorphic species, making females and males indistinguishable. Adults measure approximately 8 cm, or 3 inches, in length (from bill to tip of tail). The upper plumage is a glossy green/bronze. The underside is pale, with green and bronze specks. It has a black cheek patch below its eye with a white stripe above.

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When to see the Speckled Hummingbird

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

Where to see the Speckled Hummingbird

Regular range

The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Ecuador Peru Venezuela Bolivia Argentina

About the Speckled Hummingbird

The speckled hummingbird is a species of hummingbird. It is the only member of the genus Adelomyia. It inhabits Neotropical montane cloud forests at elevations of 1,000–2,500 meters and is confined to the Andes of Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela; as well as to some isolated montane forests in western Ecuador and Venezuela. In Ecuador, it ranges across both the eastern and western slopes of the Andes and occupies a broad altitudinal range from subtropical forests to cloud forests. In addition, one isolated population inhabits the Chongón Colonche cordillera in the coastal evergreen montane forest located ca. 130 km away from the Andes.

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Easily confused with

Violet Sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus) Violet SabrewingCampylopterus hemileucurusThe violet sabrewing is the largest hummingbird of Mexico and Central America. Gilded Sapphire (Hylocharis chrysura) Gilded SapphireHylocharis chrysuraThe gilded sapphire is 8 to 10 cm (3.1 to 3.9 in) long and weighs 4 to 5 g (0.14 to 0.18 oz). White-eared Hummingbird (Basilinna leucotis) White-eared HummingbirdBasilinna leucotisThe white-eared hummingbird is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long.

Side by side: Speckled Hummingbird vs Violet Sabrewing · Gilded Sapphire vs Speckled Hummingbird · Speckled Hummingbird vs White-eared Hummingbird

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