White-vented plumeleteer

White-vented plumeleteer
	Male
	Female
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Chalybura
Species:	C. buffonii
Binomial name
	Chalybura buffonii; Lesson, 1832
	Range of C. buffonii

The white-vented plumeleteer (Chalybura buffonii) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and heavily degraded former forest.

A large hummingbird, the white-vented plumeleteer measures about 12 cm (4.7 in). The male has a metallic green body, dark wings and a blue-black tail. The namesake feature is a large patch of white undertail coverts. Bill is entirely black, as are the feet. He is easily confused with the similar bronze-tailed plumeleteer. The female is similar, but has an entirely white belly, chest and chin.[2]

References

BirdLife International (2012). "Chalybura buffonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
Angehr, George R.; Dean, Robert (2010). The Birds of Panama. Ithaca: Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-8014-7674-7.

External links

BirdLife species factsheet for Chalybura buffonii
"White-vented plumeleteer media". Internet Bird Collection.
White-vented plumeleteer photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
White-vented plumeleteer species account at Neotropical Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Audio recordings of White-vented plumeleteer on Xeno-canto.

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[1] BirdLife International (2012). "Chalybura buffonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[BOP-2] Angehr, George R.; Dean, Robert (2010). The Birds of Panama. Ithaca: Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-8014-7674-7.