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Purple-backed Thornbill

Ramphomicron microrhynchum
(Boissonneau, A, 1840)
Colibrí Piquicorto Común
Family: Trochilidae
Order: Apodiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation Status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern
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Synonyms: Ornismya microrhyncha.

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Number of Photography: 9

Foto
Photography ID: 659107
♂  Adult
Manizales
Caldas
Colombia
07/19/2025
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 659106
♂  Adult
Manizales
Caldas
Colombia
07/19/2025
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 650728
♂ ♀  Adult
Manizales
Caldas
Colombia
07/19/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 650727
♂ ♀  Adult
Manizales
Caldas
Colombia
07/19/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 650726
♂ ♀  Adult
Manizales
Caldas
Colombia
07/19/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 650584
♂ ♀  Adult
Villamaria
Caldas
Colombia
07/21/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 650583
♂ ♀  Adult
Villamaria
Caldas
Colombia
07/21/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 650582
♂ ♀  Adult
Villamaria
Caldas
Colombia
07/21/2025
Pablo Eguia


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Number of Records: 10



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
240234820/09/2025PeruCuzcoAcp Abra Málaga--cloud Forest (valqui B2.3)1Silvina Collado
240153920/09/2025PeruCuzcoAcp Abra Málaga--cloud Forest (valqui B2.3)1Julian Uriel Collado
235424621/07/2025ColombiaCaldasHotel Termales del Ruiz, Villamaria1Pablo Eguia
233103621/07/2025ColombiaCaldasHotel Termales del Ruiz, Villamaria1Nino A. Grangetto
238308319/07/2025ColombiaCaldasHacienda el bosque, ManizalesJorge Schlemmer
235412319/07/2025ColombiaCaldasHacienda el bosque, Manizales2Pablo Eguia
233099219/07/2025ColombiaCaldasHacienda el bosque, Manizales2Nino A. Grangetto
106816823/10/2018PeruApurímacSantuario Nacional de Ampay1Julian Quillen Vidoz
42198621/02/2016ColombiaCaldasParque Nacional Natural los Nevados, Manizales3Julian Zuleta
37211007/06/2015PeruMadre de Dios-12.87115,-71.35525Sebastián Dardanelli
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Purple-backed Thornbill (Ramphomicron microrhynchum) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 10/03/2026.