Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Southern Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Amazonas, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Male & Female | Loc. Amazonas & Cuzco, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Cuzco, Peru
Status: The Blue-mantled Thornbill is uncommon in paramo habitats in the high Andes at elevations ranging between 2800-4500 m. It also occurs in Ec and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Pico-Espina de Dorso Azul.
Sub-species: Blue-mantled Thornbill (Chalcostigma stanleyi versigulare) J. T. Zimmer, 1924. E slope in Peru (E of R Marañón) S to Cordillera Carpish (Huánuco); also Cordillera Blanca, on W slope.
(Chalcostigma stanleyi vulcani), Gould, 1852. E slope from S Peru (S of R Huallaga) to C Bolivia (Cochabamba).
Meaning of Name: Chalcostigma: Gr. Khalkos= bronze, copper and stigma, stigmatos= mark, to tattoo. stanleyi: In honor of Edward Henry Stanley 15th Earl of Derby (1826-1893) traveller in North America, the West Indies, Ecuador, and Bengal.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.