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Glow-throated Hummingbird

Selasphorus ardens

Endangered · IUCN Red List

ENEndangeredEndemicNectarShrublandTiny · 3 g
Glow-throated Hummingbird (Selasphorus ardens), photo 1
Photo: Bale & Danielsson; Bannwarth, Th.; Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company; Godman, Frederick Du Cane; Hanhart; Horman-Fisher, Maud; Knight, H.; Mintern Bros.; Purkiss, W.; Salvin, Osbert; Saunders, G. S.; Schlereth, M. v.; Sharp, M. A.; Taylor & Francis; Wilson, Edwin · Public domain

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The glow-throated hummingbird is about 7 cm (2.8 in) long. Both sexes have a short, straight, black bill. The adult male has bronzy green upperparts and the tail feathers are black with rufous edges. Its gorget is pinkish red with a white foreneck below it. The center of the breast and belly are also white and the rest of the underparts buffy to cinnamon with green spangles and buffy white undertail coverts. Adult females are also bronzy green above. Their central tail feathers are green; the rest have rufous bases, a black band near the end, and deep buffy tips. Voice: As of July 2022 neither the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library nor xeno-canto have any recordings of the glow-throated hummingbird's vocalizations.

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When to see the Glow-throated Hummingbird

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Glow-throated Hummingbird

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Panama

About the Glow-throated Hummingbird

The glow-throated hummingbird is an Endangered species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is endemic to a small area of Panama.

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Easily confused with

Wine-throated Hummingbird (Selasphorus ellioti) Wine-throated HummingbirdSelasphorus elliotiThe wine-throated hummingbird is 6.5 to 7 cm (2.6 to 2.8 in) long. Bumblebee Hummingbird (Selasphorus heloisa) Bumblebee HummingbirdSelasphorus heloisaThe 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. Scintillant Hummingbird (Selasphorus scintilla) Scintillant HummingbirdSelasphorus scintillaIt is only 6.5–8 cm (2.6–3.1 in) long, including the bill.

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