Chalybura buffonii
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The white-vented plumeleteer (Chalybura buffonii) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Most taxonomic systems assign five subspecies to the white-vented plumeleteer:
However, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) assigns C. b. intermedia as a subspecies of bronze-tailed plumeleteer (C. urochrysia). The white-vented plumeleteer is 10.5 to 12 cm (4.1 to 4.7 in) long. Males weigh 6 to 7.3 g (0.21 to 0.26 oz) and females 5.9 to 7.9 g (0.21 to 0.28 oz). All of the subspecies except intermedia have a black bill and black feet; that one has a pinkish base to the mandible and pale pink to red feet.
Males of the nominate subspecies C. b. buffonii have mostly dark metallic green upperparts with a bronzy tinge to the crown... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 3 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-vented Plumeleteer sighting in Parque Natural Metropolitano on a given day, based on 409 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 63rd most-seen of the 328 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-vented Plumeleteer in Parque Natural Metropolitano on a given day, against under 5% in March and July, the lowest months. Those are among Parque Natural Metropolitano's wettest months, with about 320 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in February.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-vented Plumeleteer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate White-vented Plumeleteer sightings, Parque Natural Metropolitano ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Henri Pittier National Park (Venezuela, about 30%) and Chagres National Park (Panama, about 20%).
Same family: Trochilidae
The closest relatives of the White-vented Plumeleteer that you can see in Parque Natural Metropolitano (family Trochilidae, Hummingbirds) are Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (about 50%), Sapphire-throated Hummingbird (about 10%) and Violet-bellied Hummingbird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-vented Plumeleteer is recorded against all the birds logged in Parque Natural Metropolitano (409 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.
