Speckled Hummingbird
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0

Hummingbirds

Speckled Hummingbird

Adelomyia melanogenys

LCLeast Concern
Family
Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Order
Apodiformes

Overview

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).

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Last updated September 29, 2026.