Cinnamon Hummingbird

Amazilia rutila (Delattre, 1843)

Spanish: Colibrí Canelo

The Cinnamon Hummingbird (Amazilia rutila) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 5.2 g and its bill is 24.5 mm long. It lives in Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Belize and Guatemala. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a stable population.

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At a glance

Weight

5.2 g, about 5 paperclips

Bill

24.5 mm

Lives in

Woodland

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, stable

Its place in the family

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

Where it lives · 8 countries

• Mexico
• Costa Rica
• Honduras
• El Salvador
• Nicaragua
• Belize
• Guatemala
• United States rare visitor

Others in the genus Amazilia

• Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
• Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
• Honduran Emerald Amazilia luciae

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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