Alternative name: Beautiful Sheartail
- Calothorax pulcher
Identification
8–9 cm
Similar Species
Very similar to Lucifer Hummingbird .
Distribution
Arid scrub of southern Mexico (Guerrero and southern Puebla to eastern Oaxaca).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Dry subtropical highland scrub and thorn forest.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of nectar and small flying insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Beautiful Hummingbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Beautiful_Hummingbird
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
