Colibri cyanotus (Lesser Violet-ear)

Lesser Violet-ear

Colibri cyanotus (Bourcier, J 1843)

The lesser violetear, also known as the mountain violet-ear, is a medium-sized, metallic green hummingbird species commonly found in forested areas from Costa Rica to northern South America. This species and the Mexican violetear were formerly considered as conspecific and named the 'green violetear'. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Apodiformes
Family:
  Trochilidae
Genus:
   Colibri
Scientific:
  Colibri cyanotus

Original description

Citation:
(Bourcier, J 1843)

Reference:
Rev. Zool. Soc. Cuvierienne 6 p.101

Protonym:
Trochilus cyanotus

Type locality:
Caracas, Venezuela.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19446#page/109/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
94CB63F7A26DE616

Avibase ID:
avibase-94CB63F7

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/94CB63F7

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 693506

Geographic range:

Colibri cyanotus [cyanotus or kerdeli]: mountains of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador
Colibri cyanotus crissalis: Andes of Peru, Bolivia, and far northwestern Argentina
Colibri cyanotus cabanidis: highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Lesser Violet-ear
Czech:
kolibřík modrouchý
Danish:
Bjerg-violetøre
German:
Berg-Veilchenohrkolibri
Spanish:
Colibrí Oreja Violeta Menor
Spanish (Spain):
Colibrí oreja violeta menor
French:
Colibri cyanote
Japanese (romaji):
himemidorihachidori
Japanese:
ヒメミドリハチドリ
Dutch:
Kleine Violetoorkolibrie
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Blåøyrekolibri
Norwegian:
blåørekolibri
Polish:
uszatek szmaragdowy
Portuguese:
beija-flor-de-orelha-azul
Portuguese (Portugal):
colibri-d'orelhas-pequeno
Russian:
Зелоногрудый фиалкоух
Slovak:
jagavička horská
Serbian:
Mali ljubičastouhi kolibri
Swedish:
mindre öronkolibri
Ukrainian:
колібрі іскристий
Chinese:
小紫耳蜂鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
小紫耳蜂鳥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.): Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.): Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.): Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum): Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.): Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.): Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.): Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.): Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Lesser Violet-ear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Lesser Violet-ear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Lesser Violet-ear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Lesser Violet-ear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Lesser Violet-ear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Lesser Violet-ear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Lesser Violet-ear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Lesser Violet-ear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus)
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus)
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus)
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus)
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus)
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus)
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Lesser Violetear ( Colibri cyanotus)

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Colibri [thalassinus or cyanotus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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