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Colibri coruscans · Family Trochilidae
Colibri coruscans
Family Trochilidae
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 240,833
- Countries and territories with records
- 15
About this species
This species has 240,833 occurrence records from 15 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Colombia (52.2%), Ecuador (28.2%), Peru (14.6%), Venezuela (2.1%) and Bolivia (1.6%); together they account for 98.8% of the total. In Colombia, this species accounts for 0.47% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Colibri coruscans combines the genus name Colibri with the species epithet coruscans. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Colibri; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Colibri cyanotus, Colibri delphinae and Colibri thalassinus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 345 species of the family Trochilidae. This species ranks 11th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Calypte anna. Its record count is 3.5 times the family average (68,569). The family Trochilidae belongs to the order Apodiformes, which has 452 species in the Warbla app catalog.