Bumblebee Hummingbird

Selasphorus heloisa (Lesson, RP & Delattre, 1839)

Spanish: Zumbador Mexicano

The Bumblebee Hummingbird (Selasphorus heloisa) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Mellisugini (bees). It weighs about 2.2 g and its bill is 14.7 mm long. It is found only in Mexico. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a stable population.

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At a glance

Weight

2.2 g, about 2 paperclips

Bill

14.7 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Some populations migrate

Red List status

Least concern, stable

Endemic

Found only in Mexico

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
3. Tribe Mellisugini bees
4. Genus Selasphorus

What Selasphorus share: Includes some of the longest-migrating hummingbirds, such as the Rufous Hummingbird.

Where it lives · 1 country

• Mexico

Others in the genus Selasphorus

• Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
• Wine-throated Hummingbird Selasphorus ellioti
• Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
• Volcano Hummingbird Selasphorus flammula
• Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
• Scintillant Hummingbird Selasphorus scintilla
• Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
• Glow-throated Hummingbird Selasphorus ardens

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). 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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