Goldmania violiceps
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The violet-capped hummingbird (Goldmania violiceps) is a Near Threatened species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Panama and far northwestern Colombia. The violet-capped hummingbird is monotypic. It shares it genus with the Pirre hummingbird.
The violet-capped hummingbird is 8.5 to 9.5 cm (3.3 to 3.7 in) long. Males weigh 3.8 to 4.4 g (0.13 to 0.16 oz) and females 3.4 to 3.9 g (0.12 to 0.14 oz). Both sexes have a straight bill that is mostly black with a pink base to the mandible. The male's crown is iridescent violet-blue and most of the rest of the body is metallic green. Its tail is slightly forked and maroon with wide white edges to the feathers. The female has green upperparts and whitish underparts with gray spots on the throat and green ones along the side. Its tail feathers are maroon with white tips.
The violet-capped hummingbird is found in several unconnected mountainous areas in central and eastern Panama and extreme northwestern Colombia. It inhabits the edges and interior of humid forest between the elevations of 600 and 1,200 m (2... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Violet-capped Hummingbird sighting in Chagres National Park on a given day, based on 441 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 41st most-seen of the 372 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Violet-capped Hummingbird in Chagres National Park on a given day, against about 20% in March and April, the lowest months. That is one of Chagres National Park's wettest months, with about 290 mm of rain against 30 mm in February.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Violet-capped Hummingbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Chagres National Park, in our data
Chagres National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Violet-capped Hummingbird sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Trochilidae
The closest relatives of the Violet-capped Hummingbird that you can see in Chagres National Park (family Trochilidae, Hummingbirds) are Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (about 70%), Snowy-bellied Hummingbird (about 60%) and White-necked Jacobin (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Violet-capped Hummingbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Chagres National Park (441 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
