Dusky Hummingbird
Phaeoptila sordida (Gould, 1859)
Spanish: Colibrí Opaco
The Dusky Hummingbird (Phaeoptila sordida) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 4.0 g and its bill is 23.4 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
- 4.0 g, about 4 paperclips
- Bill
- 23.4 mm
- Lives in
- Shrubland
- Moves
- Stays put all year
- Red List status
- Least concern, stable
- Endemic
- Found only in Mexico
Its place in the family
- Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
- Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
- Tribe Trochilini emeralds
- Genus Phaeoptila
Where it lives · 1 country
Nearest relatives, in the tribe Trochilini (emeralds)
- Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii
- Brace's Emerald Riccordia bracei
- Hispaniolan Emerald Riccordia swainsonii
- Puerto Rican Emerald Riccordia maugaeus
- Blue-headed Hummingbird Riccordia bicolor
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Tres Marias Hummingbird Cynanthus lawrencei
- Turquoise-crowned Hummingbird Cynanthus doubledayi
- Golden-crowned Emerald Cynanthus auriceps
- Cozumel Emerald Cynanthus forficatus
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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