Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope(Gould, J, 1847)
English (US) Calliope Hummingbird
The Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) 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 mountains of British Columbia to southwestern USA and northern Baja California; winters to southern MexicoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Selasphorus calliope
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Calliope Hummingbird
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1847)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus (Calothorax) Calliope
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1847)
- Type locality
- Mexico.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.15, no.168 p.11
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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