Violet-crowned Hummingbird
Ramosomyia violiceps
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Genus
- Ramosomyia
- eBird Code
- vichum
Taxonomy Changes
Leucolia violiceps → Ramosomyia violiceps
Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.
Vocalizations
Sofía Choza · CC_BY_4_0
Esteban Saavedra Del Rayo · CC_BY_4_0
Carlos Lozano-Flores · CC_BY_4_0
Carlos Lozano-Flores · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (2)
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Ramosomyia violiceps ellioti
semiarid southwestern USA to western Mexico (Jalisco and Guanajuato)
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Ramosomyia violiceps violiceps
southwestern Mexico
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.