Cinnamon hummingbird
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Amazilia |
| Species: | A. rutila
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| Binomial name | |
| Amazilia rutila DeLattre, 1842
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| Range of A. rutila | |
The cinnamon hummingbird (Amazilia rutila) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found from northwestern Mexico to Costa Rica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
A medium-sized hummingbird, the species measures about 10 cm (3.9 in) and weighs around 5 g (0.18 oz).[2]
The upperparts are metallic bronze green while the underparts cinnamon, paler on the chin and upper throat, the wings are dark. Bill is red with a black tip.[2]
References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ a b Arizmendi, M.C.; Rodríguez-Flores, C.; Soberanes-González, C.; Schulenberg, Thomas S. (2012). Schulenberg, T.S. (ed.). "Cinnamon Hummingbird (Amazilia rutila)". neotropical.birds.cornell.edu. Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amazilia rutila.
Wikispecies has information related to Amazilia rutila.
- BirdLife species factsheet for Amazilia rutila
- "Amazilia rutila". Avibase.
- "Cinnamon hummingbird media". Internet Bird Collection.
- Cinnamon hummingbird photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
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