Birds of Mexico - Calothorax


Lucifer Sheartail (Calothorax lucifer) Male Sierra Vista, Arizona, USA
Photograph by Alan Schmierer Image has been placed in the Public Domain.


Lucifer Sheartail (Calothorax lucifer) Female Patagonia, Arizona, USA
Photograph by Alan Schmierer Image has been placed in the Public Domain.

Compare to Beautiful Sheartail. Note longer more curved bill.


Beautiful Sheartail (Calothorax pulcher) Male ENDEMIC Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico Purple on crown in this photo is pollen.
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Very similar to Lucifer Sheartail, but bill is shorter and straighter.

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