Green-fronted
Common name: Green-fronted Hummingbird
Scientific name: Ramosomyia viridifrons
Clades: Trochilini - Emeralds
Endemic to Mexico
The Green-fronted Hummingbird is 10 to 11.5 cm (3.9 to 4.5 in) long and weighs about 6.3 g (0.22 oz).
In southwestern Mexico, this hummingbird lives primarily in brushy woodlands, edges, and semi-open areas with flowering trees. Most of its feeding takes place at the middle and upper levels of trees. Its bright red bill with black tip is distinctive as well as its bright white underparts (throats are sometimes stained yellow by pollen). The tails of males and females look similar, but males have a more coppery color. Green-fronted Hummingbirds have deep green crowns, unlike Violet-crowned Hummingbirds.
3 subspecies:
R. v. viridifrons (Green-fronted)
Distribution S Mexico (e Guerrero to w Oaxaca; e Oaxaca to c Chiapas)R. v. wagneri (Cinnamon-sided)
Distribution S Mexico (C & S Oaxaca).R. v. villadai (Villadai)
Distribution southern Mexico (eastern Oaxaca and Chiapas) and west central Guatemala (Huehuetenango)
