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 NT    Rufous Hummingbird* Id (Atlas):
    Selasphorus rufus

Description (10)
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Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
8 - 9 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1788)

Range (Guide)
Bahamas, Canada, Mexico, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B).

Vagrant to St Pierre and Miquelon (NB).

Pacific north-west of USA and Canada, as far as south-central Alaska, reaching occionally to Chukotski Peninsula, Russia. Winters in Mexico.
 
Population
Estimated population is 7,000,000 (2010).

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A hard chipping 'tyuk'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (98)...)

 
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) [XC93093]
     by Peter Boesman from Baton Rouge, East B. R. Parish, LA, United States (call)

 
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) [XC113487]
     by Richard E. Webster from SW Patagonia, Arizona, United States (call, chase calls)

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) - 10 files


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