Lucifer Hummingbird
Calothorax lucifer
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,379
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The lucifer sheartail or lucifer hummingbird (Calothorax lucifer) is a medium-sized, 10 cm long, green hummingbird with a slightly curved bill and distinctive outward flare of its gorget feathers. Its habitat is in high-altitude areas of northern Mexico and southwestern United States. It winters in central Mexico.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Lucifer sheartail”.