It is a local bird and is rarely found between 1300 and 2400 m of altitude. It is an endemic bird of Colombia known only from the western and northern slopes of the central mountain range in the extreme northwest (La Frijolera, Ventanas above Valdivia) and the western slopes of the western mountain range near the headwaters of the San Juan river (slopes of Cerro de Tatamá in La Silva and Jamarraya river).
The bill is black, the legs are dark grey. The tail is variable in length, especially in adult males. In the male, the forehead, throat and chest are dark green shimmering. A light purple square spot decorates the center of the throat. The belly is glossy golden green, the cap is dark green and the rest of the upper parts is dark bronze-green. The lateral rectrices are extended and they are nuanced with bronze.
The males measure about 43 centimeters and the females 38 centimeters. It has a silver bill and most of the body is black with the throat, chest and sides of the neck bright orange.
The male is unmistakable in good light, but usually looks completely black. It has the crown and the ruby red nape on, the feathers of the forehead cover the base of the bill. In her throat and high chest has an iridescent orange topaz tone. The rest is dark olive brown above and below. It has the blackest mantle continuing to the sides of the neck up to the eyes. Its undertail pattern and tail are of a rufous brown tone; the tail has brown apex.
A relatively small and inconspicuous mountain tanager found in the high subtropical and temperate areas of the Andes. Blue up with yellow belly and black head. The beige chest band is not so conspicuous. Look for the blue eyebrows with unique sequins. Equal sexes. It is found alone or in couples, usually moving silently through the understory and the edge of the forest. It often follows flocks of mixed species.
The male measures around 10 cm and the female approximately 10.7cm. Its bill measures approximately 25 mm, is black, moderately long and slightly decurved. The male is of a bright green hue above and iridescent green below, it has long, white and silky underflow covers. Its tail is long and slightly forked, black blue. The female is smaller, above is green and below is greyish. Its underflow covers and tail are like in the male but with the external rectrices with a broad whitish apex and with a barely noticeable dark underground band.
It is mostly black with a bright scarlet belly. It has a bright scarlet ear patch and a blue patch on the shoulders. It forages in pairs in the mid and upper canopy of humid forests.
It is found only in Colombia between 2000 and 2500 m above sea level in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. It has been registered in San Lorenzo, Cerro Quemado and Cerro Kennedy. There are also reports for this species at the base of the Mamarongo Páramo in the Guajira.
It’s a short bill, black, straight, pointy hummingbird, the male, is bright green on the back with the lower parts more obscure, the green iridescent crown and presents green tail with feathers of gradated length, being the external ones markedly long up to 14cm. The female measures 9.7 cm, has a bright green back, a white throat and chest with green spots and a cinnamon-colored abdomen. Unlike the male, the female’s tail is short, forked and dark blue green with white tips.
Its body is predominantly slate blue with its head and reddish brown neck. The bill is bluish gray with the black tip. The juveniles are totally white, sometimes with blue spots, with the bill just like the adults and the green legs.
