Birds of Mexico

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Colibri (1 species, 5 worldwide)


Mexican Violetear
Mexican Violetear (Colibri thalassinus)
United States  
   
Photograph by Bill Hill   © All Rights Reserved.

Split from the Green Violetear (now called Lesser Violetear) and found from Nicaragua northward. The Mexican Violetear has a blue chest like the larger Sparkling Violetear found in South America. Male and female similar. Wanders north to many parts of the United States.


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