Urosticte benjamini
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
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. The purple-bibbed whitetip and rufous-vented whitetip (Urosticte ruficrissa) have been treated as conspecific and as distinct species, each by multiple authors. Since the early 2000s there is consensus that they are species in their own right. They are the only members of their genus and both are monotypic.
The purple-bibbed whitetip is 8 to 9 cm (3.1 to 3.5 in) long and weighs 3.8 to 4.2 g (0.13 to 0.15 oz). Both sexes have a medium-length straight black bill and a prominent white stripe behind the eye. Both have glittering green upperparts. Males have a violet lower throat white below it and a grayish belly with green spots. The tail is dusky bronze; the central feathers have wide white tips that appear as an oval spot. Females have white underparts heavily spotted with green. The tail is dusky bronze with purple near the end and white tips on the outer feathers. Juveniles are similar to females with the addition of brown edges on the head feathers. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-bibbed Whitetip sighting in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park on a given day, based on 1,615 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 33rd most-seen of the 542 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–March, August–September and November
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-bibbed Whitetip in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park on a given day, against about 30% in May, July and October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Purple-bibbed Whitetip 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 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park, in our data
Farallones de Cali National Natural Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Purple-bibbed Whitetip sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Trochilidae
The closest relatives of the Purple-bibbed Whitetip that you can see in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (family Trochilidae, Hummingbirds) are Violet-crowned Woodnymph (about 70%), White-necked Jacobin (about 60%) and Brown Violetear (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Purple-bibbed Whitetip is recorded against all the birds logged in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (1,615 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.
