Amazilis amazilia
The Amazilia Hummingbird, *Amazilis amazilia*, is a vibrant and adaptable species primarily found along the Pacific slope of South America. Averaging 9-11 cm (3.5-4.3 in) in length and weighing between 4-5.5 grams, it presents a dazzling array of iridescent greens and rufous. Its most striking features include a brilliant green crown and upperparts, a conspicuous rufous tail, and a straight, bicolored bill that is reddish at the base and dark-tipped. The underparts range from whitish to buffy...
This species primarily inhabits arid to semi-arid scrub, dry forests, open woodlands, and cultivated areas, often near human settlements and water sources. It can be found from sea level up to elevations of approximately 2,800 meters.
Its primary diet consists of nectar gathered from a wide variety of flowering plants, supplemented significantly by small insects and spiders. It forages by hovering to access flowers and gleaning arthropods from vegetation or catching them in flight.
The Amazilia Hummingbird is a diurnal and highly energetic species, spending its days actively foraging and defending its territory. It employs a traplining strategy, visiting a regular circuit of flowering plants for nectar, and also gleans small arthropods from foliage or catches them in mid-ai...
The Amazilia Hummingbird is a resident species distributed along the arid and semi-arid Pacific slope of South America, primarily within Peru and extending into extreme southwestern Ecuador. Its range stretches from the Tumbes region of Ecuador southwards through nearly all of coastal and inter-A...
Least Concern
- The Amazilia Hummingbird's heart can beat over 1,200 times per minute during strenuous activity. - It possesses one of the highest metabolic rates of any vertebrate, requiring it to feed almost constantly. - Its long, forked tongue can extend up to twice the length of its bill to lap up nectar....