White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) | Photos, Calls and ID

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White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora), photo 4 — Photo: yongestation · CC BY 4.0

White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora), photo 5 — Photo: Anna Hess · CC BY 4.0

White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora), photo 6 — Photo: Andrew Hrycyna · CC BY 4.0

White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora), photo 7 — Photo: Andrew Hrycyna · CC BY 4.0

White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora), photo 8 — Photo: Lucas Illanes · CC BY 4.0

White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora), photo 9 — Photo: Stephen Lewis · CC0

White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora), photo 10 — Photo: Anna Hess · CC BY 4.0

What the White-necked Jacobin sounds like

Sonogram of the White-necked Jacobin: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Esmeraldas: Canandé, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The white-necked jacobin is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long. Males weigh 7.4 to 9.0 g (0.26 to 0.32 oz) and females 6.0 to 9.2 g (0.21 to 0.32 oz). The male is unmistakable with its dark blue head and chest and white belly and tail; the tail feathers have black tips. A white band on the nape separates the blue head from the bright green back and long uppertail coverts. Females are highly variable, and may resemble adult or immature males. Most females have green upperparts, a blue-green throat and breast with white "scales", a white belly, and a mostly green tail with a blue end.

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When to see the White-necked Jacobin

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

Where to see the White-necked Jacobin

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 17 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.

Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador Panama Belize Trinidad & Tobago Peru Brazil Honduras Venezuela Guatemala Mexico Guyana French Guiana Suriname Nicaragua Bolivia

Recorded as a rare visitor in Argentina.

About the White-necked Jacobin

The white-necked jacobin is a medium-sized hummingbird that ranges from Mexico south through Central America and northern South America into Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. It is also found in Trinidad and Tobago. Its other common names include great jacobin and collared hummingbird.

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Easily confused with

Black JacobinFlorisuga fuscaThe black jacobin is 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long.

Side by side: Black Jacobin vs White-necked Jacobin

Watch the White-necked Jacobin on live cams

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