Black-backed Thornbill

Ramphomicron dorsale

The black-backed thornbill 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.

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