Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Loreto, Peru
Status: The Olive-spotted Hummingbird is uncommon on scrub, mid-succession vegetation on river islands and similar habitats along the Marañon, Ucayali, Napo and Amazon rivers. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Br.
Name in Spanish: Colibrí Blanco y Olivo.
Sub-species: Olive-spotted Hummingbird (Talaphorus chlorocercus), Gould, 1866.
Meaning of Name: Talaphorus: Gr. Talas= wretched, sorry; phoros= carrying. chlorocercus: Gr. Khlōros= green and kerkos= tail.
Formerly known as Leucipus chlorocercus (2019).
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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.