Slender Sheartail (Doricha enicura)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
6.50 - 11.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1818)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,000 - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico.

Mountains and interior valleys of southern Mexico (Chiapas) to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.

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)...)

(Doricha enicura) [XC335863]
by Frank Lambert from El Sumidero, Chiapas, Mexico (call)

Slender Sheartail (Doricha enicura) [XC260241]
by Edgardo Orozco D\u00edaz from Ca\u00f1on del Sumidero, Chiapas, Mexico (call)

Subspecies
Genus sometimes merged into Calothorax, or an expanded version of Calliphlox.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Slender Sheartail (Doricha enicura) - 10 files

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