---
title: "Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer"
description: "Chalybura urochrysia — Birds. The bronze-tailed plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia) is a species of hummingbird in the \"emeralds\", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/bronze-tailed-plumeleteer
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

> Chalybura urochrysia — Birds. The bronze-tailed plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae.

- Scientific name: *Chalybura urochrysia*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 779
- Wikidata: [Q1269726](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1269726)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5815](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5815)

## Names

- en: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer
- de: Bronzeschwanz-Buffonkolibri
- es: Colibrí Patirrojo
- fr: Colibri à queue bronzée
- pl: Kwiaciarek rudosterny

## Countries with the most observations

CR (513), PA (133), CO (28), HN (6)

## Summary

The bronze-tailed plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze-tailed_plumeleteer

## Photo

![Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bronze-tailed-plumeleteer/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/306851764

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bronze-tailed-plumeleteer?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).