---
title: "Purple-bibbed Whitetip"
description: "Urosticte benjamini — Birds. The purple-bibbed whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) is a species of hummingbird in the \"brilliants\", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/purple-bibbed-whitetip
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Purple-bibbed Whitetip

> Urosticte benjamini — Birds. The purple-bibbed whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae.

- Scientific name: *Urosticte benjamini*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1283
- Wikidata: [Q277660](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q277660)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6472](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6472)

## Names

- en: Purple-bibbed Whitetip
- de: Purpurbrustkolibri
- es: Colibrí Puntablanca Occidental
- fr: Colibri de Benjamin
- pl: Białosterek zielony

## Countries with the most observations

EC (1100), CO (127)

## Summary

The purple-bibbed whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

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

## Photo

![Purple-bibbed Whitetip](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/purple-bibbed-whitetip/medium.jpg)

Photo: lallen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333319039

## Machine access

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