Birds of the World


White-vented Plumeleteer (Chalybura buffonii) Male Range: MA, SA: Panama to Venezuela and Colombia Minca, Magdalena, Colombia A large hummingbird. The male only is common at feeders.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


White-vented Plumeleteer (Chalybura buffonii) Female Range: MA, SA: Panama to Venezuela and Colombia Chinchiná, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A large hummingbird found in Panama and northwest South America, in gardens and at feeders. There is also an isolated population along the Ecuador/Peru border sometimes called the Ecuadorian Plumeleteer. HBW groups that race with the Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer.
In flight, front view.
Cool stretch photo.
Female from back resembling [Crowned Woodnymph]. Both have white-tipped tails.


Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia melanorrhoa) Range: MA, SA: Nicaragua to sw Ecuador La Union de Guapiles, Costa Rica The Caribbean slope race in Costa Rica is called by HBW the Black-vented Plumeleteer, and has very red legs.
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia) Male Range: MA, SA: Nicaragua to sw Ecuador Rio Claro Canyon Reserve, Colombia South of Costa Rica the Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer has a white vent.
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Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia) Female Range: MA, SA: Nicaragua to sw Ecuador Mutatá, Colombia Note white-tipped tail on female.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Less common than the White-vented Plumeleteer, and only found inside humid forests. Note red feet on both sexes.