Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeastern, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Peru
Status: The White-bellied Hummingbird is uncommon in forest edges and semi-open habitats on the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1200-3500 m. It also occurs in Br and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Colibrí de Vientre Blanco.
Sub-species: White-bellied Hummingbird (Elliotomyia chionogaster chionogaster), Tschudi, 1846. E slope in Peru (S Amazonas to Cuzco).
(Elliotomyia chionogaster hypoleuca), Gould, 1846. E slope in SE Peru (Puno), Bolivia and NW Argentina (S to La Rioja); possibly also EC Brazil (Mato Grosso).
Meaning of Name: Elliotomyia: chionogaster: Gr. khiōn, khionos= snow and gastēr, gastros= 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.