Blue-backed Conebill

Conirostrum sitticolor

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Thraupidae
Genus
Conirostrum
eBird Code
blbcon1

Subspecies (4)

  • Conirostrum sitticolor cyaneum

    Andes of Peru to western Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba)

  • Conirostrum sitticolor intermedium

    Andes in Venezuela (Trujillo, Mérida, and northern Táchira)

  • Conirostrum sitticolor pallidum

    Sierra de Perijá (northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela)

  • Conirostrum sitticolor sitticolor

    Andes of southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northwestern Peru

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.