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title: "Violet-headed Hummingbird"
description: "Klais guimeti — Uccelli. The violet-headed hummingbird (Klais guimeti) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/violet-headed-hummingbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Violet-headed Hummingbird

> Klais guimeti — Uccelli. The violet-headed hummingbird (Klais guimeti) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

- Scientific name: *Klais guimeti*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 1306
- Wikidata: [Q1080335](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1080335)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6482](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6482)

## Names

- en: Violet-headed Hummingbird
- de: Violettkopfkolibri
- es: Colibrí Cabeciazul
- fr: Colibri à tête violette
- pt: Colibri-de-cabeça-violeta
- pl: Fioletek

## Countries with the most observations

CR (868), EC (123), PA (117), PE (60), VE (22), CO (12), HN (6)

## Summary

The violet-headed hummingbird (Klais guimeti) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is the only species in the genus Klais.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.

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

## Photo

![Violet-headed Hummingbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/violet-headed-hummingbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/330676666

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/violet-headed-hummingbird?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).