Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia violiceps)

Other Names (World)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird, Azurecrown, Salvin's Hummingbird

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
10 - 11.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1859)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry forest. From sea-level - 2,250 m.

Range (Guide)

Guatemala, Mexico, USA (B).

Population
Estimated population is 2,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Green-fronted Hummingbird (Amazilia viridifrons), with which formerly considered conspecific. Species name sometimes given as verticalis, but this name refers to Azure-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia cyanocephala).

Proposed subspecies conjuncta, of Sonora, indistinguishable from ellioti. "Cyanomyia salvini", from Nacosari (Sonora), reported to be of hybrid origin with Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris), but is probably an aberrant individual of subspecies ellioti.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

ellioti (von Berlepsch, 1889) - Extreme south-western USA to north-western and central Mexico.
violiceps (Gould, 1859) - South-western Mexico.

References
See References.

Files:

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