Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Males | Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Females | Loc. Alto Nieva, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Southeast Peru
Status: The Green-fronted Lancebill is uncommon on the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1000 – 2500 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Pico-Lanza de Frente Verde.
Sub-species: Green-fronted Lancebill (Doryfera ludovicae ludovicae), Bourcier and Mulsant 1847.
Meaning of Name: Doryfera: Gr. duru= spear and phoros= charging, which has. ludoviciae: In honor of Louise Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire née Blacque-Belair (1810-1855) wife of French zoologist Prof. Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (Late L. Ludovicia Louise).

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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.