Emerald-chinned Hummingbird
Abeillia abeillei (Lesson, RP & Delattre, 1839)
Spanish: Colibrí Pico Corto
The Emerald-chinned Hummingbird (Abeillia abeillei) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 2.7 g and its bill is 13.0 mm long. It lives in Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.
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At a glance
- Weight
- 2.7 g, about 3 paperclips
- Bill
- 13.0 mm
- Lives in
- Forest
- Moves
- Stays put all year
- Red List status
- Least concern, decreasing
Its place in the family
- Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
- Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
- Tribe Trochilini emeralds
- Genus Abeillia
Where it lives · 5 countries
Nearest relatives, in the tribe Trochilini (emeralds)
- Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti
- Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus
- Rufous Sabrewing Pampa rufa
- Green-crowned Plovercrest Stephanoxis lalandi
- Wedge-tailed Sabrewing Pampa curvipennis
- Purple-crowned Plovercrest Stephanoxis loddigesii
- Xantus's Hummingbird Basilinna xantusii
- Santa Marta Blossomcrown Anthocephala floriceps
- White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis
- Tolima Blossomcrown Anthocephala berlepschi
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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