Blue-fronted lancebill
Doryfera johannae (Bourcier, 1847)
The blue-fronted lancebill (Doryfera johannae) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 4.1 g to 4.81 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the blue-fronted lancebill
- Weight
- 4.1 g – 4.81 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Nectarivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the blue-fronted lancebill live?
Not recorded
What is the blue-fronted lancebill?
The blue-fronted lancebill (Doryfera johannae) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.
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What does the blue-fronted lancebill sound like?
Is the blue-fronted lancebill endangered?
The blue-fronted lancebill is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the blue-fronted lancebill classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderApodiformes
- familyTrochilidae
- genusDoryfera
- SpeciesDoryfera johannae (Bourcier, 1847)
Synonyms Hemistephania ginanensis, Hemistephania johannae, Trochilus johannae
Other names and names in other languages (28)
- colibrí llancer frontblauCatalan
- kolibřík modročelýCzech
- meinbig talcenlasWelsh
- Blå LansenæbDanish
- Blaustirn-LanzettschnabelGerman
- blufrunta kolibroEsperanto
- Colibrí picolanza menorSpanish
- Pico-Lanza de Frente AzulSpanish
- metsäpistinkolibriFinnish
- Porte-lance de JeanneFrench
- crnorepi kolibrićCroatian
- kékarcú dárdacsőrűkolibriHungarian
- Lanciere frontebluItalian
- スミレビタイヤリハチドリJapanese
- mėlynkaktis iečiasnapis kolibrisLithuanian
- BlauwvoorhoofdlancetkolibrieDutch
- blåpannelansenebbNorwegian
- włócznik modroczelnyPolish
- Bico-de-lançaPortuguese
- bico-de-lança-de-testa-azulPortuguese
- bico-de-lança-pequenoPortuguese
- Синелобый ланцетоклювRussian
- jagavička modročeláSlovak
- blåpannad lansnäbbSwedish
- Mavi Alınlı MızrakgagaTurkish
- колібрі-довгодзьоб синьолобийUkrainian
- 蓝额矛嘴蜂鸟Chinese
- 藍額矛嘴蜂鳥Chinese
Relatives of the blue-fronted lancebill
Other species in the same genus Doryfera.
Green-fronted lancebill
Doryfera ludovicae
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the blue-fronted lancebill?
An adult blue-fronted lancebill weighs 4.1 g – 4.81 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the blue-fronted lancebill endangered?
The blue-fronted lancebill is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the blue-fronted lancebill?
The blue-fronted lancebill (Doryfera johannae) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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