- Amazilia rutila
Identification
10cm
- Bronze-green upperparts
- Cinnamon underparts
- Square, rufous tail edged gold-green
Distribution
Northern Mexico to western Costa Rica as well as the Tres Marias Islands.
Accidental vagrant to Arizona and New Mexico with one record in each.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
This is a polytypic species, consisting of four subspecies[1]:
- A. r. graysoni:
- Tres Marías Islands (off western Mexico)
- A. r. diluta:
- Coastal north-western Mexico (Sinaloa and Nayarit)
- A. r. rutila:
- Western Mexico (Jalisco to Oaxaca)
- A. r. corallirostris:
- South-eastern Mexico (Chiapas) to western Costa Rica; Holbox Island, Isla Mujeres
Habitat
Secondary semi-humid broadleaf forest, ornamental plantings, and coffee plantations, dry forests. Lowlands ca. 750 m.
Behaviour
The diet includes nectar.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.2) DRAFT. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Project Wildbird
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Cinnamon Hummingbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cinnamon_Hummingbird
External Links
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