Costa's Hummingbird
Calypte costae(Bourcier, J, 1839)
English (US) Costa's Hummingbird
The Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: breeds arid southwestern USA to southern Baja California and northwestern Mexico; withdraws from south-central USA in winter and reaches west-central MexicoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Calypte costae
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Costa's Hummingbird
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J, 1839)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ornismya Costae
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J, 1839)
- Type locality
- California = Magdalena Bay, Baja California.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 2 p.294
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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