Purple-backed thornbill
| Purple-backed thornbill | |
|---|---|
| Female in Puracé National Natural Park, Cauca, Colombia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Ramphomicron |
| Species: | R. microrhynchum |
| Binomial name | |
| Ramphomicron microrhynchum (Boissonneau, 1840) | |
| Distribution of Purple-backed thornbill | |
The purple-backed thornbill (Ramphomicron microrhynchum) is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.