Hummingbirds of Mexico [Work in progress]
Black-crested Coquette: [Paphosia helenae] 2 1/2" A tiny bronzy-green hummer, wispy black hairlike crest and long buff side whiskers. Tail rufous ; throat emerald-green bordered by a black beard. Bill red. Female has no crest. Range: S. Mexico to Costa Rica.
Black-fronted[Xantus] Hummingbird: [Hylcharis xantusii] 3 1/2" White post-eye stripe, red bill, green throat, cinnamon belly, chestnut tail. Confined to souther half of Baja California.
Blue-tailed Hummingbird: [Amazilia cyanura] 3 3/4" Underparts entirely emerald-green[execpt under tail coverts]; tail blu-black, slightly notched; rump dark violet. Range: S. Mexico to Costa Rica.
Common Woodnymph: [Thalurania furcata] 4" Green throat and chest; blackish of greenish abdomen. Voice: Weak chipping,tsitting, and ticking notes. Range: w. Mexico and e. Guatemala to n. Argentina.
Emerald-chinned Hummingbird: [Abeillia abeillei] 3" A tiny green hummer with a small emerald-green gorget and blackish breast. Bill very short. Tail greenish black. Femaile dusky gray below, lighter on throat. Range: SE. Mexico to N. Nicaragua.
Fork-tailed Emerald: [Chlorostilbon canivetii] 3-3 1/2" A small green hummer, glittering on underparts; tail blue-black, deeply forked.Bill red with dark tip. Voice: An endless repeated wiry teeee-tseeree. Range: Cen. Mexico to Costa Rica.
Green-breasted[Prevost's] Mango: [Anthracothorax prevostii] 4 1/2" Male is green, the tail and most of head violet-blue, basal part of lower mandible pinkish. Female's underparts green with bronze sheen on mantle and at bases of central tail feathers which are tipped with dark violet. Range: S. Mexico to Costa Rica.
Green-throated Mountain-gem: [Lampornis viridipallens] 4 1/2" Scaly green gorget, white post-eye line, white chest. Black tail. This is the only green-throated hummer in Mexico with a contrasting white chest. Range: S. Mexico to Nicaragua.
Green violet-ear: [Colibri thalassinus] 4 1/2" Violet ear patch; bluish tail, black band. Voice: Loud double note given often while perched. Range: Mexico to Bolivia.
Little Hermit: [Phaethornis longuemareus] 3 1/2" Long curved bill. Underparts including throat, dull buff. Face strongly stripe. Voice: Squeaky. Song a deliberate chip-chip-chip-chip followed by a rapid do-da-do-da-do Range: S. Mexico to cen. Peru.
Magnificent[Rivole's] Hummingbird: [Eugenes fulgens] 4 1/2-5" Large blackish, grren throat, violet crown. Looks all black -at a distance. Voice: Note a thin sharp chip. Range: SW US through mts. of Mexico to w. Panama.
Rufous-crested Coquette: [Lophornis delattrei] 2 1/2" A tiny green hummer with a wispy rufous crest, emerald-green gorget, reddish-brown tail. Bill tiny reddish with dark tip. Female lacks crest but crown rufous. Range: Costa Rica to E. Peru.
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird: [Phaeochroa cuvierii] 4 1/2-5 1/2" A largely green hummer with a scaly dull greenish throat and breast shading to brownish on belly. Both sexes have broad, glossy, green and black tails with large white corners. Voice: High-pitched squeaks and rattles. Song, a musical trill; chee-twee-twee-twee-twee-trill-chup-chup. Range: Guatemala to N. Colombia.
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird: [Eupherusa eximia] 3 1/2" Rufous or cinnamon patch on the wing. Tail blackish, outer 2 feathers with white inner webs. Male has glittering emerald-green throat and breast. Female is pinkish gray on 8nderparts. Voice: A pebbly "tsitting". Range: SW border of U.S. to S. Mexico.
White-eared Hummingbird: [Hylocharis xantusii] 3 1/2" White post-eye stripe, red bill, green throat. Small spots on throat, green-barred sides. Voice: A low clear tink, tink, tink, sounding like small bell. Range: Arizona border to Nicaragua.
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