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title: "Green-backed Firecrown"
description: "Sephanoides sephaniodes — Birds. The green-backed firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes) is a hummingbird in the \"coquettes\", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/green-backed-firecrown
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Green-backed Firecrown

> Sephanoides sephaniodes — Birds. The green-backed firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes) is a hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae.

- Scientific name: *Sephanoides sephaniodes*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2366
- Wikidata: [Q1259459](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1259459)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73388](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73388)

## Names

- en: Green-backed Firecrown
- de: Chilekolibri
- es: Picaflor rubí
- fr: Colibri du Chili
- pl: Fernandezik chilijski

## Countries with the most observations

CL (1930), AR (229)

## Summary

The green-backed firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes) is a hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Argentina, mainland Chile, and the Juan Fernández Islands.

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

## Photo

![Green-backed Firecrown](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-backed-firecrown/medium.jpg)

Photo: Julia Ariadna · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/271750274

## Machine access

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