Beautiful Hummingbird (Calothorax pulcher)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
7.50 - 9 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gould, 1859

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry forest, high altitude shrubland. From 1,000 - 2,250 m.

Range (Guide)

Mexico.

Interior of southern Mexico, from central Guerrero and southern Puebla south-east to eastern Oaxaca. Also reported from Distrito Federal, Morelos and Chiapas, but identity of specimens doubtful.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

Beautiful Sheartail (Calothorax pulcher) [XC410200]
by Andrew Spencer from Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico (call)

Beautiful Sheartail (Calothorax pulcher) [XC301239]
by Dan Lane from Oaxaca, El Yagul Ruins, Mexico (call)

Subspecies
Genus sometimes merged into an expanded version of Calliphlox. Forms a superspecies with Lucifer Hummingbird (Calothorax lucifer). Closely related to Doricha, which is sometimes united with present genus on the basis of similar morphological characters.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Beautiful Hummingbird (Calothorax pulcher) - 9 files

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