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The bumblebee hummingbird is 5.9 to 7.5 cm (2.3 to 3.0 in) long and weighs 2 to 2.7 g (0.071 to 0.095 oz); it is one of the smallest hummingbirds. Both sexes of both subspecies have a short, straight, blackish bill and a small white spot behind the eye. Males of the nominate subspecies have metallic bronze green to golden bronze upperparts. Their gorget is metallic magenta purple to bluish purple at its edges, and its longer hindward feathers flare out and back. The flanks are light reddish cinnamon with a bronze wash. The rest of the underparts are dull white to grayish white.
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When to see the Bumblebee Hummingbird
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Bumblebee Hummingbird
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Bumblebee Hummingbird
The bumblebee hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is endemic to Mexico, but has occurred as a vagrant in the United States.
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Easily confused with
Wine-throated HummingbirdSelasphorus elliotiThe wine-throated hummingbird is 6.5 to 7 cm (2.6 to 2.8 in) long.
Glow-throated HummingbirdSelasphorus ardensThe glow-throated hummingbird is about 7 cm (2.8 in) long.
Scintillant HummingbirdSelasphorus scintillaIt is only 6.5–8 cm (2.6–3.1 in) long, including the bill.
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