Black-eared Fairy

Heliothryx auritus - Colibri oreillard

Colibri oreillard
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Apodiformes

  • Family
    :

    Trochilidés

  • Genus
    :

    Heliothryx

  • Species
    :

    auritus

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1788

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 14 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 4 à 6 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Colibri oreillard
♂ First year
Colibri oreillard
♀

Black-eared Fairy (Heliothryx auritus) is a species of bird in the Trochilidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Heliothryx auritus auritus (se Colombia and e Ecuador through Venezuela, the Guianas and n Brazil)
  • Heliothryx auritus phainolaemus (nc Brazil. s of the Amazon.)
  • Heliothryx auritus auriculatus (e Peru to c Bolivia and c and e Brazil)

Foreign names

  • Colibri oreillard,
  • Colibrí hada oriental,
  • beija-flor-de-bochecha-azul,
  • Grünstirn-Schmuckkolibri,
  • feketefülű tündérkolibri,
  • Zwartoorfeeënkolibrie,
  • Fatina guancenere,
  • amazonblomnymf,
  • Grønnkronealv,
  • jagavička bielobruchá,
  • kolibřík černouchý,
  • Sortøret Alfekolibri,
  • viherkeijukolibri,
  • colibrí fada orellut,
  • skrzacik czarnouchy,
  • Черноухий ушастый колибри,
  • ミミグロセンニョハチドリ,
  • 黑耳仙蜂鸟,
  • 黑耳仙蜂鳥,

Voice song and cries

Colibri oreillard
♂ adult

Habitat

Colibri oreillard
♀ adult plum. breeding

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Colibri oreillard
published: - Updated: 12-04-2018
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