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Wine-throated Hummingbird

Selasphorus ellioti

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernNectarForestTiny · 3 g
Wine-throated Hummingbird (Selasphorus ellioti), photo 1
Photo: Daniel Germer · CC BY 2.0
Wine-throated Hummingbird (Selasphorus ellioti), photo 2
Photo: gunder · CC BY 2.0
Wine-throated Hummingbird (Selasphorus ellioti), photo 3
Photo: Daniel Germer · CC BY 2.0
Wine-throated Hummingbird (Selasphorus ellioti), photo 4
Photo: Sobeida Morales · CC0
Wine-throated Hummingbird (Selasphorus ellioti), photo 5
Photo: Abraham A. Gómez Landero · CC BY 4.0
Wine-throated Hummingbird (Selasphorus ellioti), photo 6
Photo: Abraham A. Gómez Landero · CC BY 4.0
Wine-throated Hummingbird (Selasphorus ellioti), photo 7
Photo: Daniel Germer · CC BY 2.0
Wine-throated Hummingbird (Selasphorus ellioti), photo 8
Photo: gunder · CC BY 2.0
Wine-throated Hummingbird (Selasphorus ellioti), photo 9
Photo: Daniel Germer · CC BY 2.0
Wine-throated Hummingbird (Selasphorus ellioti), photo 10
Photo: (c) William Stephens, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The wine-throated hummingbird is 6.5 to 7 cm (2.6 to 2.8 in) long. Females weigh 2 to 4 g (0.071 to 0.14 oz); male weights are not documented. 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 green upperparts. Their gorget is glittering rose pink with violet highlights, and its longer hindward feathers flare out and back. The flanks are a mix of cinnamon and green and the rest of the underparts are whitish. The central pair of tail feathers are green with some rufous at the base.

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When to see the Wine-throated Hummingbird

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Wine-throated Hummingbird

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Guatemala Mexico Honduras El Salvador

About the Wine-throated Hummingbird

The wine-throated hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

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. Glow-throated Hummingbird (Selasphorus ardens) Glow-throated HummingbirdSelasphorus ardensThe glow-throated hummingbird is about 7 cm (2.8 in) long. 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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