Species fact sheet by Global Register of Migratory Species - www.groms.de

Calypte costae (Bourcier, 1839) Family: Trochilidae Order: Apodiformes Back
Costa's hummingbird Veilchenkopfelfe Colibri de Costa Colibrí de Costa
CMS NL Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL CITES II (Europe: SPEC threat status )
Migration: intracontinental

Calypte costae

Partial migrant, withdrawing from N part of breeding range, and concentrating in S part and somewhat beyond, in Mexico; winters mainly from S California and S Arizona to S Baja California and N Sinaloa. Following breeding some individuals disperse to N as far as extreme SW Canada and E as far as E Texas.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1999) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: Mesoamerica, North America
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Explanatory notes
(Last update: 05.08.02 by E.Heuel)

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