Horned Sungem

How to identify

Field marks

1. Male has two tufts of colorful hornlike feathers above the eyes
2. Male has a pointed beard extending from the black throat
3. Upperparts metallic yellow-green; underparts white
4. Four central tail feathers distinctly longer

Male, female and young

Female lacks the hornlike tufts and black throat; throat brown or yellowish-brown. Juvenile resembles the female.

Voice

Repeated “tsit”, “tseet” or “chup” notes.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: May · Most records: Brazil, Bolivia

Horned Sungem has been recorded at 14 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 2 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Botumirim – Reserva Natural Rolinha-do-planaltoBrazil425 records
2. Pousada TrijunçãoBrazil361 records
3. Pompéu – apenas listas históricasBrazil98 records

Countries and regions with the most records

BrazilBolivia

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The horned sungem (Heliactin bilophus) is a species of hummingbird native to much of central Brazil and parts of Bolivia and Suriname. It prefers open habitats such as savanna and grassland and readily occupies human-created habitats such as gardens. It recently expanded its range into southern Amazonas and Espírito Santo, probably as a result of deforestation; few other hummingbird species have recently expanded their range.

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