French: Colibri à gorge grenat German: Granatkehlkolibri Spanish: Colibrí alicastaño
C & S Mexico (Guerrero, Puebla and W Veracruz S through Oaxaca to Chiapas) S to Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
12–12·4 cm; 5·6–7·1 g. Male has short straight black bill; upperparts iridescent green, postocular spot white; throat shining rose-pink,... read more
Song a soft, gruff, dry, crackling warble intermixed by nasal, gurgling notes. Calls include a... read more
Upper tropical forest, cloudforest, forest edge, pine-oak forest and scrub, at 1200–3000 m on... read more
Food and feeding
Nectar of flowering shrubs, Inga and Erythrina trees. Insects are caught in the air by hawking. Male occupies feeding... read more
Apr–May (Atlantic slope), Dec–Mar (Pacific slope); nests have also been found in Sept. Bulky cup-shaped nest is composed of... read more
Sedentary; birds move to higher altitudes (above 1500 m) during reproduction period.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. CITES II. A locally common bird associated with cloudforest and pine-oak forest; readily accepts modification of habitat by man, if patches of forest... read more
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