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Mexican Sheartail

Doricha eliza

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicNectarShrublandCup nestTiny · 3 g
Mexican Sheartail (Doricha eliza), photo 1
Photo: Adrianh Martínez Orozco · CC BY 4.0
Mexican Sheartail (Doricha eliza), photo 2
Photo: Adrianh Martínez Orozco · CC BY 4.0
Mexican Sheartail (Doricha eliza), photo 3
Photo: Henggang Cui · CC0
Mexican Sheartail (Doricha eliza), photo 4
Photo: danygl · CC BY 4.0
Mexican Sheartail (Doricha eliza), photo 5
Photo: danygl · CC BY 4.0
Mexican Sheartail (Doricha eliza), photo 6
Photo: Adrianh Martínez Orozco · CC BY 4.0
Mexican Sheartail (Doricha eliza), photo 7
Photo: Adrianh Martínez Orozco · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

This is a tiny bird, weighing only 2.4 to 2.6 g (0.085 to 0.092 oz). All Mexican sheartails have a long, curved and black bill, a dull green crown and bronzy-green nape and upperparts. Males and females are sexual dimorphic. The male, which are 9 to 10 centimetres (3.5 to 3.9 in) long including the tail, have a white line behind the eye and a pink-purple throat with a white band below. His underparts are dull green, being clearer on median belly and feathers cover his undertail. The male's tail is long and deeply forked, usually held closed in repose.

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When to see the Mexican Sheartail

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Mexican Sheartail

Regular range

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

Mexico

About the Mexican Sheartail

The Mexican sheartail is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is endemic to Mexico.

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Easily confused with

Slender Sheartail (Doricha enicura) Slender SheartailDoricha enicuraThe male slender sheartail is 11 to 12.5 cm (4.3 to 4.9 in) long and weighs about 2.3 g (0.081 oz).

Side by side: Mexican Sheartail vs Peruvian Sheartail

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