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Bumblebee Hummingbird

Selasphorus heloisa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 15, February 20, March 33, April 23, May 23, June 16, July 53, August 28, September 13, October 16, November 26, December 17.
Mexico283
Oaxaca75
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave55
Tamaulipas17
Jalisco11
Morelos11
Queretaro de Arteaga11
Nayarit10
Mexico9
Puebla8

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Traits

Behavioral

  • HoveringCan hover in place while flyingChecked by the maintainer

Group and habits

  • Nectar feederDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly feed on nectar.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderSwifts and Hummingbirds · Apodiformes
FamilyHummingbirds · Trochilidae
GenusRufous, Allen's, and Allied Hummingbirds · Selasphorus

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