Green-fronted Lancebill
Common name: Green-fronted Lancebill
Scientific name: Doryfera ludovicae
Clades: Polytminae - Mangoes
The Green-fronted Lancebill is about 4″ (10.2 cm) long, including the 1.4″ or 36 mm slender and straight bill.
Green-fronted Lancebills are cloud forest hummingbirds noted for their long, straight bills with an upturned tip. With an iridescent green forehead and bronzy nape, the overall appearance is dull greenish. Male and female are similar, but the female is paler brownish below. For a good chance of seeing one, stake out a patch of riverside flowers along a stream in the montane mountains.
2 subspecies:
D. l. veraguensis
Distribution NC Costa Rica to W Panama (Veraguas).D. l. ludovicae
Distribution extreme E Panama (Cerro Tacarcuna), and Andes from W Venezuela and Colombia S to NW Bolivia (only on E slope S from C Ecuador).
taken in Colombia
taken in Peru
