Wine-throated Hummingbird
Selasphorus ellioti(Ridgway, R, 1878)
English (US) Wine-throated Hummingbird
The Wine-throated Hummingbird (Selasphorus ellioti) 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.
- Scientific name
- Selasphorus ellioti
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Wine-throated Hummingbird
- Described by
- (Ridgway, R, 1878)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Selasphorus ellioti ellioti
- Selasphorus ellioti selasphoroides
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Atthis ellioti
- Described by
- (Ridgway, R, 1878)
- Type locality
- Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum 1, no.7 p.8,9,fig.
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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