Black-backed Thornbill (Ramphomicron dorsale)
About the Black-backed Thornbill
The black-backed thornbill (Ramphomicron dorsale) is a Near Threatened species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of northern Colombia. The black-backed thornbill is monotypic. It shares its genus with the purple-backed thornbill (R. microrhynchum).
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 4 recordings for this species: 4 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Colombia in the xeno-canto catalogue.