Rivoli's Hummingbird

Eugenes fulgens (Swainson, 1827)

Spanish: Colibrí Magnífico

The Rivoli's Hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Lampornithini (mountain gems). It weighs about 8.0 g and its bill is 33.4 mm long. It lives in the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a stable population.

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At a glance

Weight

8.0 g, about 8 paperclips

Bill

33.4 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Some populations migrate

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 Lampornithini mountain gems
4. Genus Eugenes

Where it lives · 6 countries

• United States
• Mexico
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• El Salvador
• Nicaragua

Others in the genus Eugenes

• Talamanca Hummingbird Eugenes spectabilis

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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