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Apodiformes / Trochilidae / Ramphomicron

Purple-backed Thornbill

Ramphomicron microrhynchum

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (pubtho1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Ramphomicron

Subspecies (4)

Ramphomicron microrhynchum albiventre

Andes of central Peru (Huánuco to Junín, Cusco, and Apurímac)
Ramphomicron microrhynchum andicola

Andes of western Venezuela (Mérida)
Ramphomicron microrhynchum bolivianum

Andes of western Bolivia (Cochabamba)
Ramphomicron microrhynchum microrhynchum

Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and northwestern Peru

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (pubtho1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.