Green-backed Firecrown
- Scientific name
- Sephanoides sephaniodes
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Habitat
- Forest mixed
- Wing shape
- Pointed
- Tail shape
- Notched
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Why it matters
The Green-backed Firecrown is a small hummingbird native to the temperate forests of Chile and Argentina, known for its distinctively pointed wings and notched tail that allow for exceptional agility in flight. As the world’s southernmost hummingbird species, it is particularly admired by birders and naturalists for its remarkable ability to thrive in cold climates and its role as a key pollinator for native flora like the Chilean firebush.
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