Purple-backed Thornbill
Ramphomicron microrhynchum
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Genus
- Ramphomicron
- eBird Code
- pubtho1
Subspecies (4)
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Ramphomicron microrhynchum albiventre
Andes of central Peru (Huánuco to Junín, Cusco, and Apurímac)
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Ramphomicron microrhynchum andicola
Andes of western Venezuela (Mérida)
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Ramphomicron microrhynchum bolivianum
Andes of western Bolivia (Cochabamba)
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Ramphomicron microrhynchum microrhynchum
Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and northwestern Peru
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.