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Blue-fronted Lancebill
Doryfera johannae (Bourcier, 1847)
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Blue-fronted Lancebill, Doryfera johannae, is a hummingbird of northern and north-western Amazonia in South America, breeding in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Venezuela. It belongs to the Trochilidae family and was described by Bourcier in 1847. The species has a long straight to slightly upcurved bill, often carried at an angle. Males of the nominate form show a violet forehead, bronze nape and dark bronzy green upperparts, while the female has a greenish blue forehead and duller underparts. Two subspecies are recognised.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: n, nw Amazonia
