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Selasphorus heloisa (Bumblebee Hummingbird)

Synonyms: Atthis heloisa; Ornismya heloisa
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The bumblebee hummingbird (Atthis heloisa) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is predominantly found in Mexico, but has occurred as a vagrant in the United States (Arizona). At 7 to 7.5 cm (2.8 to 3.0 in), it is the smallest bird known to have occurred in North America north of Mexico. At a weight of 2.2 g (0.078 oz), it is one of the smallest birds known to exist in the world. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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Infraspecies

Selasphorus heloisa heloisa
Selasphorus heloisa margarethae

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
0
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
7
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.37094
EDGE Score: 1.21519
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.2 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Mexican pine-oak forests, Mexican highland forests, Cloud forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Mexican pine-oak forests, Mexican highland forests, Cloud forests
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  10 %
Diet - Nectar [3]  90 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  50 %
Forages - Understory [3]  50 %

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Reserva de la Biosfera El Cielo Biosphere Reserve 353161 Mexico  
Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve VI 955579 Queretaro, Mexico  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No

Prey / Diet

Cuphea jorullensis[4]
Penstemon gentianoides (gentian beardtongue)[4]
Penstemon perfoliatus[4]
Tigridia orthantha[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Lampornis amethystinus (Amethyst-throated Mountaingem)1

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Johnsgard, PA 1983. The Hummingbirds of North America. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0