Species: Stellula calliope

Calliope Hummingbird

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Terrestrial vertebrates: birds

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Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Craniata

Class

Aves

Order

Apodiformes

Family

Trochilidae

Genus

Stellula

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Classification

Other Global Common Names

Colibrí Garganta Rayada - colibri calliope

Informal Taxonomy

Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Other Birds

Formal Taxonomy

Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Apodiformes - Trochilidae - Stellula - Placed in genus ARCHILOCHUS by Johnsgard (1983) and Howell and Webb (1995).

Ecology and Life History

Migration

false - false - true - In spring migrates through western Mexico, arrives in southern California in early March, British Columbia in late-April to mid-May, Idaho and Montana usually not before mid-May. Departs northern breeding range by late-August to mid-September, gone from southern U.S. by late September (Johnsgard 1983).

Non-migrant

false

Locally Migrant

false

Food Comments

Feeds on nectar, insects (some obtained by hawking) and spiders. Tends to feed close to ground. Food sources include: CASTILLEJA, PENSTEMON, AQUILEGIA, IPOMOPSIS, RIBES, ARCTOSTAPHYLOS, MIMULUS, PEDICULARIS, SARCODES.

Reproduction Comments

In southern British Columbia, defends territories late April-late June. Two eggs are laid during May-July in British Columbia and California. Incubation lasts about 15 days. Young are capable of flight about 20 days after hatching (Terres 1980). One brood per year.

Ecology Comments

See Calder and Calder (1995, Auk 112:517-521) for some density data.

Length

Weight

Conservation Status

NatureServe Global Status Rank

Global Status Last Reviewed

1996-12-02

Global Status Last Changed

1996-12-02

Distribution

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Global Range

BREEDING: in mountains from central interior British Columbia and southwestern Alberta south through Washington, Oregon, Nevada, and California to northern Baja California, east to northern Wyoming, western Colorado, and Utah; nests from 180 m (Washington) to >3000 m (California). NON-BREEDING: Baja California, Sonora, and Sinaloa south to central Mexico.

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