Peruvian Sheartail

The Peruvian Sheartail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Peru west of the Andes and has been recorded in Ecuador. It has spread into northernmost Chile in recent decades. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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

The Peruvian Sheartail is similar but the male has two elongated white feathers in its tail while the female tends to have a whiter belly and more buff throat than the woodstar. The tail is rarely cocked but is frequently pumped vigorously up and down unlike the woodstar. The call is a series of rasping notes, quieter and less musical than the call of the Peruvian Sheartail. The male has a high-pitched, buzzing display call. More

The Peruvian Sheartail (Thaumastura cora) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Peru west of the Andes and has been recorded in Ecuador. It has spread into northernmost Chile in recent decades. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Thaumastura cora. More

Description: The Peruvian Sheartail (Thaumastura cora) is a hummingbird in the Trochilidae family of hummingbirds. Source: Whitney, William Dwight The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York: The Century Co., 1911) 8: 5558 Keywords: Peruvian Sheartail, Thaumastura cora, hummingbird, Trochilidae, bird, khummingbird Copyright: 2009, Florida Center for Instructional Technology. See license. More

The Peruvian Sheartail is the most beautiful coastal hummingbird, found all along the coast and up to 2800 meters of altitude in the western Andean slopes in gardens, scrub habitat and near agricultural fields. Can be observed on Nature Expeditions’ coastal birding tours and on birding and trekking tours into the Chancay Valley for example: www.nature-expeditions-peru.com 4Average: 4 (2 votes) Your rating: None Voting is for registered members only. More

Peruvian Sheartail) ascend to take advantage of flowering cacti, and some birds descend from the altiplano to avoid bad weather or in the case of the Mountain Parakeets to feast on pear trees. This provides an interesting conglomeration of migration routes, not to mention austral migration from the south and "neotropical" migration from the north. More