White-throated

Common name: White-throated Hummingbird
Scientific name: Leucochloris albicollis
Clades: Trochilini - Emeralds

The White-throated hummingbird is 10 to 11.5 cm (3.9 to 4.5 in) long. The males weigh 5 to 8 g (0.18 to 0.28 oz) and the females about 4.5 g (0.16 oz).

White-throated Hummingbirds inhabit open areas from eastern Bolivia and central Brazil south to northern Argentina.

With a broad green collar separating a white throat from a white belly, it has a largely iridescent green body. It has a black bill and a largely red mandible. This species feeds on nectar from the flowers of a wide variety of plants on the forest edges, marshes, clearings, and developed areas.