Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Chonta Canyon, Cajamarca
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Chonta Canyon, Cajamarca
Age: Adult | Sex: Males | Loc. Chonta Canyon, Cajamarca
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown & Male | Loc. Chonta Canyon, Cajamarca
Status: Endemic. The Gray-bellied Comet is overall rare but locally uncommon in scrub habitats on the west slope of the Andes on the west side of the Marañon Valley. It is known to range at elevations of approximately 2750-3200.
Name in Spanish: Cometa de Vientre Gris.
Sub-species: Gray-bellied Comet (Taphrolesbia griseiventris), Taczanowski, 1883.
Meaning of Name: Taphrolesbia: Gr. Tephra= ashes and Lesbia= the genus Lesbia. griseiventris: L. griseum= gray and venter, ventris= belly.
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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.