Priorities for Future Research

Tumbes Hummingbird is fairly common, although within a relatively small geographic region, and occupies relatively open, accessible habitats. Nonetheless almost all aspects of its natural history are very poorly known. There is almost nothing known about its diet and reproductive biology, and nothing is known about its tolerance for habitat disturbance. Nothing also is known about demographic factors such as population density, life span and survivorship, dispersal, or population regulation for Tumbes Hummingbird.