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Speckled hummingbird

Adelomyia melanogenys (Fraser, 1840)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The speckled hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 2.8 g to 4.93 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Speckled hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys)
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the speckled hummingbird

Weight
2.8 g – 4.93 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 speckled hummingbird live?

Not recorded

What is the speckled hummingbird?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The speckled hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys) is a species of hummingbird. It is the only member of the genus Adelomyia. It inhabits Neotropical montane cloud forests at elevations of 1,000–2,500 meters and is confined to the Andes of Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela; as well as to some isolated montane forests in western Ecuador and Venezuela. In Ecuador, it ranges across both the eastern and western slopes of the Andes and occupies a broad altitudinal range from subtropical forests (1400 m) to cloud forests (3000 m). In addition, one isolated population inhabits the Chongón Colonche cordillera in the coastal evergreen montane forest (600 m) located ca. 130 km away from the Andes.

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What does the speckled hummingbird sound like?

Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the speckled hummingbird endangered?

The speckled hummingbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the speckled hummingbird classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusAdelomyia
  7. SpeciesAdelomyia melanogenys (Fraser, 1840)

Synonyms Trochilus melanogenys

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • طنان منقطArabic
  • colibrí jaspiatCatalan
  • Colibrí esquitxatCatalan
  • sylfa mozaikováCzech
  • kolibřík mozaikovýCzech
  • sïedn brithWelsh
  • Plettet KolibriDanish
  • SchwarzohrkolibriGerman
  • SchwarzohrnympheGerman
  • punkta kolibroEsperanto
  • Colibrí jaspeadoSpanish
  • Colibrí pechipunteadoSpanish
  • Picaflor yungueñoSpanish
  • pisamakolibriFinnish
  • Colibri mouchetFrench
  • Adélomie mouchetéeFrench
  • Colibri mouchetéFrench
  • pjegavi kolibrićCroatian
  • Colibrì marezzatoItalian
  • ミミグロハチドリJapanese
  • raibasis kolibrisLithuanian
  • ZwartoorkolibrieDutch
  • flekkolibriNorwegian
  • płowikPolish
  • colibri-pintalgadoPortuguese
  • beija-flor-mosqueadoPortuguese
  • Черноухий колибриRussian
  • vrchárik jaspisovýSlovak
  • Pirgavi kolibriSerbian
  • fläckkolibriSwedish
  • Çilli KolibriTurkish
  • колібрі плямистоволийUkrainian
  • 鳞斑蜂鸟Chinese
  • 點斑蜂鳥Chinese

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Relatives of the speckled hummingbird

Other species in the same family Trochilidae.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the speckled hummingbird?

An adult speckled hummingbird weighs 2.8 g – 4.93 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the speckled hummingbird endangered?

The speckled hummingbird 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 speckled hummingbird?

The speckled hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.

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@misc{speckled_hummingbird_2026,
  title = {Speckled hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/speckled-hummingbird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}