Violet-bellied hummingbird

Violet-bellied hummingbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Damophila
L. Reichenbach, 1854
Species: D. julie
Binomial name
Damophila julie
(Bourcier, 1843)

The violet-bellied hummingbird (Damophila julie) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is monotypical for genus Damophila.

It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru; it can occasionally be seen in Costa Rica.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

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