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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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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Where the Glow-throated Hummingbird lives
When to see the Glow-throated Hummingbird
Peak activity in March · a passage migrant species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Wine-throated HummingbirdSelasphorus elliotiThe wine-throated hummingbird is 6.5 to 7 cm (2.6 to 2.8 in) long.
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 HummingbirdSelasphorus scintillaIt is only 6.5–8 cm (2.6–3.1 in) long, including the bill.
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