- Basilinna xantusii
Hylocharis xantusii
Identification
8-9 cm
- Green upperparts and back
- Blue-black crown and face
- Straight dark tail
- White eyestripe with a black eyestripe below
- Cinnamon brown underparts
- Throat
- Brown in the female
- Green in the male
- Black-tipped slender straight bill (male)
Distribution
Arid scrub of southern Baja California
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Arid scrub, desert, mesquite trees and back yards.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes nectar and insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Dickinson EC (ed.) 2003. The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. ISBN 9780691117010
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Xantus's Hummingbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Xantus%27s_Hummingbird
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
