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[[Image:Bumblebee_Hummingbirda.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|Raul+Padilla|Raul Padilla}}<br />Tutotepec, [[Mexico]], September 2010]] | [[Image:Bumblebee_Hummingbirda.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|Raul+Padilla|Raul Padilla}}<br />Tutotepec, [[Mexico]], September 2010]] | ||
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Revision as of 20:06, 26 February 2015
- Atthis heloisa
Selasphorus heloisa
Identification
6cm
- Greenish cinnamon
- Rufous tail
- Violet blue highlights
Distribution
Endemic to Mexico.
Accidental vagrant to Arizona (two 19th century specimens]].
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
Two subspecies are recognized:
- A. h. margarethae:
- Mountains of north-western Mexico (south-eastern Sinaloa and south-western Chihuahua to Jalisco)
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- A. h. heloisa:
- Highlands of Mexico (central Tamaulipas to Guerrero and Oaxaca)
An additional subspecies morcomi is generally considered invalid[1].
Habitat
Cloud forest.
Behaviour
Breeding
The female builds the cup nest from finely woven plant fibre bound with spiders web, and is suspended from a leaf. The clutch consists of 2 white eggs.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Birds of Ambergris Caye
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bumblebee Hummingbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bumblebee_Hummingbird
