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Purple-bibbed Whitetip

Urosticte benjamini
(Bourcier, J, 1851)
Colibrí Puntablanca Occidental
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: Trochilus benjamini.


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Number of Photography: 8

Foto
Photography ID: 650528
  Adult
El Queremal
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/11/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 650527
  Adult
El Queremal
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/11/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 573552
♀  Adult
Mindo
Pichincha
Ecuador
05/19/2019
Nino A. Grangetto
Foto
Photography ID: 496914
♀  Adult
Mashpi, ruta La Delicia - Pacto
Pichincha
Ecuador
05/15/2022
Carlos Schmidt
Foto
Photography ID: 238494
♂  Adult
Mindo
Pichincha
Ecuador
12/01/2017
Dora Virginia Montenegro
Foto
Photography ID: 164007
♂  Juvenile
Mashpi, ruta La Delicia - Pacto
Pichincha
Ecuador
10/10/2014
Carmelo López Abad
Foto
Photography ID: 63538
♂  Adult
Mindo
Esmeraldas
Ecuador
08/12/2013
Carlos Schmidt


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Number of Records: 13



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
235311111/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaDoña Dora Birding, El Queremal1Pablo Eguia
233368711/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaDoña Dora Birding, El Queremal1Jorge Schlemmer
233198411/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaDoña Dora Birding, El Queremal1Nino A. Grangetto
230763625/03/2025EcuadorPichinchaChaquimallana Tours, Mindo2Eugenia Boggiano
190842328/10/2023EcuadorPichinchaTandayapa, Mindo2Julián Tocce
159681015/05/2022EcuadorPichinchaMashpi Lodge, Mashpi, ruta La Delicia - PactoCarlos Schmidt
200518519/05/2019EcuadorPichinchaMindoNino A. Grangetto
213455518/05/2019EcuadorPichinchaAlambi cloud forest - Mindo1Nino A. Grangetto
213460615/05/2019EcuadorPichinchaPunto ornitológico, Mindo2Nino A. Grangetto
67148801/12/2017EcuadorPichinchaMindoDora Virginia Montenegro
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 10/03/2026.