Species profile
Green-backed Firecrown
Sephanoides sephaniodes
Quick answer
C Chile and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego; Juan Fernandez Is.
- Scientific name
- Sephanoides sephaniodes
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Genus
- Sephanoides
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Green-backed Firecrown in your journal
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