- Ramosomyia violiceps
Leucolia violiceps
Amazilia violiceps
Identification
11.5cm. Pure white underside, red bill with a black tip, dull grey-green to bronze-green back and tail, bright blue-violet crown.
Distribution
Taxonomy
This is a polytypic species[1] consisting of 2 subspecies.
Violet-crowned Hummingbird is sometimes placed in genus Agyrtria.
Subspecies
- R. v. ellioti
Semiarid southwestern US to western Mexico (Jalisco and Guanajuato)
- R. v. violiceps
Southwestern Mexico
Habitat
Sycamore and cottonwood woods along streams in desert canyons.
Behaviour
The diet includes nectar and insects caught on the wing.
The female builds a nest in a shrub or tree and 2 white eggs are laid.
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Wethington, S. M. (2021). Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Leucolia violiceps), version 1.1. In Birds of the World (Editor not available). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.vichum.01.1
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Violet-crowned Hummingbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Violet-crowned_Hummingbird
External Links
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