Birds of the World

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Rhodopis (1 species)


Oasis Hummingbird
Oasis Hummingbird (Rhodopis vesper vesper) Female
Range: SA: nw Peru to n Chile
Moquegua, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Oasis Hummingbird
Oasis Hummingbird (Rhodopis vesper vesper) Female
Range: SA: nw Peru to n Chile
Mejía, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in the Peruvian desert where there is vegetation. Larger than the Purple-collared Woodstar and Peruvian Sheartail, and with a distinctive long sturdy slightly decurved bill. Male is white in front with a violet gorget bordered with light blue (opposite coloration of the Purple-collared Woodstar).


© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba