Purple-backed thornbill

Purple-backed thornbill
Female in Puracé National Natural Park, Cauca, Colombia
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Ramphomicron
Species:
R. microrhynchum
Binomial name
Ramphomicron microrhynchum
(Boissonneau, 1840)
Distribution of Purple-backed thornbill

The purple-backed thornbill (Ramphomicron microrhynchum) is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.[3][4]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Purple-backed Thornbill Ramphomicron microrhynchum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22687984A93178231. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22687984A93178231.en. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (January 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List. v 12.1. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  4. ^ HBW and BirdLife International (2020) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip [.xls zipped 1 MB] retrieved 27 May 2021