Wine-throated hummingbird

Wine-throated hummingbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Atthis
Species: A. ellioti
Binomial name
Atthis ellioti
Ridgway, 1878

The wine-throated hummingbird (Atthis ellioti) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[1] With a length of 7 cm, it is one of the smallest birds within its range.

Subspecies

There are two recognized subspecies:[2]

References


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