Rufous-vented Whitetip
Urosticte ruficrissa Lawrence, 1864
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Rufous-vented Whitetip, Urosticte ruficrissa, is a hummingbird of the eastern Andes in southern Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru. It was described by Lawrence in 1864 and belongs to the family Trochilidae. It is one of the two species in its genus. The bird is found on the Andean slope from Colombia’s Huila and Nariño south through eastern Ecuador to San Martín in Peru. It lives in partly open montane forest and cloudforest, both within the forest interior and along edges, at 1,600 to 2,400 m.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: e slope of Andes in sc Colombia, Ecuador and n Peru
