Turquoise-crowned Hummingbird
Cynanthus doubledayi (Bourcier, 1847)
Spanish: Colibrí Pico Ancho Mexicano
The Turquoise-crowned Hummingbird (Cynanthus doubledayi) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 3.1 g and its bill is 18.6 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
- 3.1 g, about 3 paperclips
- Bill
- 18.6 mm
- Lives in
- Woodland
- 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 Cynanthus emeralds
Where it lives · 1 country
Others in the genus Cynanthus
- Tres Marias Hummingbird Cynanthus lawrencei
- Golden-crowned Emerald Cynanthus auriceps
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Cozumel Emerald Cynanthus forficatus
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
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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