Blue-capped Hummingbird
Eupherusa cyanophrys Rowley, JS & Orr, 1964
Spanish: Colibrí Miahuatleco · IOC: Oaxaca hummingbird
The Blue-capped Hummingbird (Eupherusa cyanophrys) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 4.8 g and its bill is 21.6 mm long. It is found only in Mexico. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered, with a decreasing population.
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At a glance
- Weight
- 4.8 g, about 5 paperclips
- Bill
- 21.6 mm
- Lives in
- Forest
- Moves
- Stays put all year
- Red List status
- Endangered, decreasing
- Endemic
- Found only in Mexico
Its place in the family
- Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
- Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
- Tribe Trochilini emeralds
- Genus Eupherusa woodnymphs
Where it lives · 1 country
Others in the genus Eupherusa
- White-tailed Hummingbird Eupherusa poliocerca
- Stripe-tailed Hummingbird Eupherusa eximia
- Mexican Woodnymph Eupherusa ridgwayi
- Black-bellied Hummingbird Eupherusa nigriventris
Sources
Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), IOC World Bird List. Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.
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