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Violet-headed hummingbird

Klais guimeti (Bourcier, 1843)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The violet-headed hummingbird (Klais guimeti) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 2.3 g to 2.6 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Violet-headed hummingbird (Klais guimeti)
Photo: Don Henise · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the violet-headed hummingbird

Weight
2.3 g – 2.6 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 violet-headed hummingbird live?

Not recorded

What is the violet-headed hummingbird?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The violet-headed hummingbird (Klais guimeti) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is the only species in the genus Klais.

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

From the Wikipedia article “Violet-headed hummingbird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Violet-headed_hummingbird&oldid=1351254278), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the violet-headed hummingbird endangered?

The violet-headed 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 violet-headed hummingbird classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusKlais
  7. SpeciesKlais guimeti (Bourcier, 1843)

Synonyms Trochilus guimeti

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • طائر الطنان أرجواني الرأسArabic
  • colibrí carablauCatalan
  • kolibřík fialovohlavýCzech
  • sïedn penfioledWelsh
  • Violethovedet KolibriDanish
  • ViolettkopfkolibriGerman
  • violkapa kolibroEsperanto
  • Colibrí cabeciazulSpanish
  • Colibrí de Cabeza VioletaSpanish
  • kuorokolibriFinnish
  • Colibri à tête violetteFrench
  • Campyloptère à tête violetteFrench
  • ljubičastokresti kolibrićCroatian
  • lilafejű kolibriHungarian
  • Colibrì testaviolaItalian
  • Colibrì testaviolettaItalian
  • スミレガシラハチドリJapanese
  • sumiregashirahachidoriJapanese
  • violetinis kolibrisLithuanian
  • PaarskopkolibrieDutch
  • fioletthodekolibriNorwegian
  • fioletekPolish
  • beija-flor-de-cabeça-roxaPortuguese
  • colibri-de-cabeça-violetaPortuguese
  • Фиолетовоголовый клаисRussian
  • Фиолетовоголовый колибриRussian
  • kolibrík fialohlávokSlovak
  • Kleisin kolibriSerbian
  • violetthuvad kolibriSwedish
  • Mor Başlı KolibriTurkish
  • колібрі сапфіроволобийUkrainian
  • 紫头蜂鸟Chinese
  • 紫頭蜂鳥Chinese

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Relatives of the violet-headed 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 violet-headed hummingbird?

An adult violet-headed hummingbird weighs 2.3 g – 2.6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the violet-headed hummingbird endangered?

The violet-headed 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 violet-headed hummingbird?

The violet-headed hummingbird (Klais guimeti) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{violet_headed_hummingbird_2026,
  title = {Violet-headed hummingbird (Klais guimeti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/violet-headed-hummingbird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}