Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Huembo, Amazonas
Age: Immature | Sex: Male | Loc. Huembo, Amazonas
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Huembo, Amazonas
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Huembo, Amazonas
Status: Endemic. The Marvelous Spatuletail is uncommon in semi-humid scrub and forest edges of the Utcubamba Valley where it ranges at elevations between 2000-2900 m.
Name in Spanish: Colibrí Cola de Espátula.
Sub-species: Marvelous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis), Bourcier, 1847.
Meaning of Name: Loddigesia: In honor of George Loddiges (1786-1846) English horticulturalist, microscopist and trochilidist. mirabilis: L. mirari= to admire mirus= wonderful, astonishing, mirabilis= marvelous.
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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.