Blue-fronted Lancebill vs Green-fronted Lancebill

Doryfera johannae compared with Doryfera ludovicae

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-fronted Lancebill	Green-fronted Lancebill
Kingdom same	Animalia (động vật)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum same	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class same	Aves (chim)	Aves (chim)
Order same	Apodiformes (Bộ Yến)	Apodiformes (Bộ Yến)
Family same	Trochilidae	Trochilidae
Genus same	Doryfera	Doryfera
Species	Doryfera johannae	Doryfera ludovicae

Evolutionary Relationship

Blue-fronted Lancebill and Green-fronted Lancebill share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Doryfera.

Conservation Status

Blue-fronted Lancebill

LC — Least Concern

Green-fronted Lancebill

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue-fronted Lancebill	Green-fronted Lancebill
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue-fronted Lancebill

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Green-fronted Lancebill

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Blue-fronted Lancebill

The Blue Fronted Lancebill (Doryfera johannae) is a species in the genus Doryfera. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Green-fronted Lancebill

A medium-sized hummingbird with a distinctively long, slightly upturned bill, green-fronted lancebills inhabit the mid-strata of humid montane cloud forest in the Andes from Costa Rica through Colombia and Ecuador to Bolivia at elevations of 1,000–2,400 meters. Their elongated bill is specialized for probing the long tubular flowers of Centropogon and other Andean bell-flowers inaccessible to shorter-billed hummingbirds. Males are glittering green throughout; females have white-spotted underparts. Listed as Least Concern.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇳🇴 Norway 🇻🇪 Venezuela