Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Rufous Hummingbird
The Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) 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 Alaska to northwestern USA; winters to southern MexicoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Selasphorus rufus
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Rufous Hummingbird
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus rufus
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- 'In sinu Americae Natka,' i.e. Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.497
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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