Long-billed Starthroat

The Long-billed Hummingbird's greatest range is east of the Andes and covers the entire Amazon Basin and northern South America including the Guianas.

The Long-billed Starthroat is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

* Long-billed Starthroat, hummingbird that breeds from southern Mexico to Panama, from Colombia to Bolivia and Brazil, and on Trinidad * Long-billed Vulture, Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae Disambig gray.svg This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. More

The Long-billed Starthroat, Heliomaster longirostris, is a hummingbird that breeds from southern Mexico to Panama, from Colombia south and east to Bolivia and Brazil, and on Trinidad. It is present throughout South and Central America and is an uncommon but widespread species, which appears to be a local or seasonal migrant, although its movements are not well understood. The Long-billed Hummingbird's greatest range is east of the Andes and covers the entire Amazon Basin and northern South America including the Guianas. More

The Long-billed Starthroat is 10.2 cm long and weighs 6.8 g. The black bill is straight and very long, at about 3.5 cm. The male has bronze-green upperparts, a blue crown, white moustachial stripe and reddish throat. The underparts are grey shading to white on the flanks and mid-belly, and the tail is mainly black. The female is similar, but has a green crown and a purple-edged black throat. More

Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris = Described by: Audebert; Vieillot (1801) Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors Old scientific name(s): Anthoscenus longirostris Photographs Caseara, Tocantins, Brazil - Jan, 2002 More

Stamps showing Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris 86.093 Long-billed Starthroat IOC v2.4: 3427 Links will open countrypage in new window - Guyana 10.07. More

Long-billed Starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris longirostris) Caseara, Tocantins, Brazil © Arthur Grosset - All text and images are Copyright © 2004-2009, Wildbirdgallery.com. All rights reserved. More

Long-billed Starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris) by Jan-Hein Ribot. More

Long-billed Starthroat Hummingbird at Tinalandia Ecuador = Tinalandia 1 vidéos S'abonnerModifier l'abonnement Chargement… 69 vues 69 vues Tinalandia — 8 novembre 2009 — Video of a Long-billed Starthroat taken at the Tinalandia ec-lodge in Ecuador, by Margo Wilson. Please visit Tin... Tinalandia — 8 novembre 2009 — Video of a Long-billed Starthroat taken at the Tinalandia ec-lodge in Ecuador, by Margo Wilson. Please visit Tinalandia.com for more information on Tinalandia. More

Order : Apodiformes
Family : Trochilidae
Genus : Heliomaster
Species : longirostris
Authority : (Audebert & Vieillot, 1801)