Bumblebee Hummingbird

Overview

Bumblebee Hummingbird (Selasphorus heloisa) is a species of Hummingbirds (Trochilidae) in the order Swifts and Hummingbirds.

Scientific Classification

Genus: Selasphorus; binomial: Selasphorus heloisa; authority: (Lesson, RP & Delattre, 1839).

Distribution

Breeding range: Middle America.

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

Formerly in Atthis but phylogenetic studies show that genus is embedded in Selasphorus (Licona-Vera & Ornelas 2017). Merger of Atthis into Selasphorus accepted by Chesser et al. (2020), NACC 2020-B-07.