Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. San Martin, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. San Martin, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. San Martin, Peru
Status: The Brown Violetear is rare in montane forest edges on the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1300 – 2800 m. It also occurs in the semi-humid foothill forest of extreme northwest Peru in Tumbes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Oreja-Violeta Parda.
Sub-species: Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae), Lesson, 1839.
Meaning of Name: Colibri: Spanish name for a hummingbird. delphinae: Gr. delphinios= sun god Apollo, youth and light god in Greek mythology.

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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.