White-eared Hummingbird

Basilinna leucotis (Vieillot, 1818)

Spanish: Colibrí Orejas Blancas

The White-eared Hummingbird (Basilinna leucotis) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 3.4 g and its bill is 18.6 mm long. It lives in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, the United States, Nicaragua and El Salvador. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

3.4 g, about 3 paperclips

Bill

18.6 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, decreasing

Its place in the family

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

Where it lives · 6 countries

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

Others in the genus Basilinna

• Xantus's Hummingbird Basilinna xantusii

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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