Purple-bibbed whitetip
| Purple-bibbed whitetip | |
|---|---|
| Male in Colombia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Urosticte |
| Species: | U. benjamini |
| Binomial name | |
| Urosticte benjamini (Bourcier, 1851) | |
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.