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Sparkling Violetear

Colibri coruscans
(Gould, J, 1846)
Colibrí Grande
Beija-flor-violeta
Family: Trochilidae
Order: Apodiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Records from Pichincha

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Trochilus coruscans.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 496959
♂  Adult
Reserva Biológica Yanacocha
Pichincha
Ecuador
05/12/2022
Carlos Schmidt
Foto
Photography ID: 392772
♂ ♀  Adult
Mindo
Pichincha
Ecuador
10/30/2017
Manuel Godoy
Foto
Photography ID: 272488
  Adult
Ciudad de Quito
Pichincha
Ecuador
05/30/2018
Jorge Sarubbi Künzle
Foto
Photography ID: 223997
  Adult
Parque La Carolina
Pichincha
Ecuador
10/02/2017
Eugenia Boggiano



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
230751523/03/2025EcuadorPichinchaCentro cultural Carlos Fuentes, Ciudad de Quito1Eugenia Boggiano
190841528/10/2023EcuadorPichinchaTandayapa, Mindo1Julián Tocce
159691412/05/2022EcuadorPichinchaReserva Biológica YanacochaCarlos Schmidt
77258530/05/2018EcuadorPichinchaPlaza Grande, Ciudad de QuitoJorge Sarubbi Künzle
123324430/10/2017EcuadorPichinchaMindoManuel Godoy
63065002/10/2017EcuadorPichinchaParque La CarolinaEugenia Boggiano
54978603/03/2017EcuadorPichinchaCochapamba sur, Quito1Edison Ocaña
39899508/01/2016EcuadorPichinchaAlambi cloud forest - MindoRosana Ursino
30315711/07/2015EcuadorPichinchaReserva Geobotánica PululahuaWilliam Arteaga Chávez
27417125/03/2015EcuadorPichinchaQuitoPablo Morales
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/03/2026.