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 LC    Allen's Hummingbird* Id (Atlas):
    Selasphorus sasin

Description (10)
Image of Allen's Hummingbird
 

Other Names (World)
Allen's Hummingbird, Red-backed Hummingbird, Red-backed Woodstar

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
8 - 9 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1829)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry forest, temperate shrubland.

Range (Guide)
Mexico, USA (B).

Vagrant to Canada.

Population
Estimated population is 500,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (44)...)

 
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) [XC449561]
     by Paul Marvin from Bird and Butterfly Garden, Tijuana River Valley Regional Park, San Diego Co, California, United States (flight call)

 
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) [XC620541]
     by Lance A. M. Benner from Vacation Island, San Diego County, California, United States (flight display)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus). "Selasphorus floresii" usually reckoned to be hybrid of present species with Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • sasin (Lesson, 1829)   -  Coastal western USA (extreme southern Oregon to California, south to Santa Barbara County). Winters in south-central Mexico.
  • sedentarius Grinnell, 1929   -  Islands off coast of southern California (USA).



References
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Files:
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