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The cinnamon hummingbird is 9.5 to 11.5 cm (3.7 to 4.5 in) long and on average weighs about 5 to 5.5 g (0.18 to 0.19 oz). Adults of the nominate subspecies A. r. rutila have metallic bronze green upperparts and cinnamon to cinnamon rufous underparts that are paler on the chin and upper throat. The tail is deep cinnamon rufous to rufous chestnut; the feathers have dark metallic bronze tips and the outermost have dark metallic bronze outer edges. The wings are a dark brownish slate. Males' bills are red with a black tip and females' mostly black with red at the base.
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When to see the Cinnamon 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 Cinnamon Hummingbird
The map shades 7 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States.
About the Cinnamon Hummingbird
The cinnamon hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the tribe of the 'emeralds', Trochilini. Currently, four regional subspecies are recognized.
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Easily confused with
Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensisThe buff-bellied hummingbird is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 2.9 to 4.7 g (0.10 to 0.17 oz).
Honduran EmeraldAmazilia luciaeThe Honduran emerald is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long.
Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatlThe rufous-tailed hummingbird is 9 to 11 cm (3.5 to 4.3 in) long and weighs approximately 5 g (0.18 oz).
Side by side: Cinnamon Hummingbird vs Rufous-tailed Hummingbird · Buff-bellied Hummingbird vs Cinnamon Hummingbird
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