Lucifer Hummingbird (Calothorax lucifer)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
9 - 10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Swainson, 1827)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, high altitude shrubland. From 1,200 - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Mexico, USA (B).

Central-southern USA (Arizona, western Texas) through central plateau of Mexico to Jalisco, Michoacan and Puebla. Winters from Nayarit east to Puebla and south to Oaxaca, irregularly north to Sinaloa.

Population
Estimated population is 200,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

Lucifer Sheartail (Calothorax lucifer) [XC297548]
by Ross Gallardy from Terlingua, Brewster County, Texas, United States (call)

Lucifer Sheartail (Calothorax lucifer) [XC220091]
by Ross Gallardy from Cerro de San Juan, Nayarit, Mexico (call)

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

No subspecies.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Lucifer Hummingbird (Calothorax lucifer) - 10 files

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