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Ecuadorian Piedtail
Phlogophilus hemileucurus Gould, 1860
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Ecuadorian Piedtail, Phlogophilus hemileucurus, is a hummingbird of the Andes in South America, breeding from southern Colombia through eastern Ecuador to north-eastern Peru. It was described by Gould in 1860 and belongs to the family Trochilidae. It is a monotypic species that shares its genus with the Peruvian piedtail. Adults of both sexes are alike, with a short black bill marked by a yellowish base, a greenish-brown crown, grass-green upperparts, a white spot behind the eye, and a tail pattern of blue-green and blue feathers with white bases and broad white tips.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: s Colombia to ne Peru
