The bronze-tailed plumeleteer is a large hummingbird resident in Central America and South America from eastern Honduras to northwestern Ecuador. The birds inhabit forests and have a preference for edges, gaps and secondary growth. It occurs in the Caribbean lowlands, typically up to an elevation of 700 metres. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Gould, J 1861)
Reference:
Monogr. Trochilid.
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Protonym:
Hypuroptila urochrysia
Avibase ID:
46979A378F7666B2
Avibase ID:
avibase-46979A37
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/46979A37
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 693711
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer [urochrysia, excl. intermedia] ( Chalybura urochrysia [urochrysia, excl. intermedia]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer [urochrysia, excl. intermedia] ( Chalybura urochrysia [urochrysia, excl. intermedia]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer [Bronze-tailed] ( Chalybura urochrysia [urochrysia, excl. intermedia]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer [Bronze-tailed] ( Chalybura urochrysia [urochrysia, excl. intermedia]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer [Bronze-tailed] ( Chalybura urochrysia [urochrysia, excl. intermedia]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer [Bronze-tailed] ( Chalybura urochrysia [urochrysia, excl. intermedia]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer [Bronze-tailed] ( Chalybura urochrysia [urochrysia, excl. intermedia]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer [Bronze-tailed] ( Chalybura urochrysia [urochrysia, excl. intermedia]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer [Bronze-tailed] ( Chalybura urochrysia [urochrysia, excl. intermedia]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer [Bronze-tailed] ( Chalybura urochrysia [urochrysia, excl. intermedia]) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2021: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2022: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2023: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Clements 6th edition: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2015: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2016: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2017: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2018: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2019: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
eBird version 1.50: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
eBird version 1.52: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
eBird version 1.53: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
eBird version 1.54: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
eBird version 1.55: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
eBird version 2015: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
eBird version 2016: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
eBird version 2017: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
eBird version 2018: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
eBird version 2019: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
eBird version 2021: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
eBird version 2022: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
eBird version 2023: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Chalybura urochrysia [version 2] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Chalybura urochrysia [version 2] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ( Chalybura urochrysia) [version 2] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Chalybura urochrysia
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