swap_horiz Calliope Hummingbird Alternatives

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Bee Hummingbird

The Bee Hummingbird, *Mellisuga helenae*, is a tiny hummingbird endemic to Cuba. It holds the title of world’s smallest...

Cuban Endemic Caribbean Smallest Bird

9.9 Brilliant

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Sword-billed hummingbird

The sword-billed hummingbird is a unique South American hummingbird inhabiting the Andean slopes of eastern Peru and nor...

Andes Extant Sword Bill

9.8 Brilliant

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Bumblebee Hummingbird

The Bumblebee Hummingbird (Selasphorus heloisa) is one of the smallest birds in the world, endemic to the highlands of M...

Tiny Mexican Highland Central American

8.5 Great

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Rufous Hummingbird

The Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) undertakes one of the longest migrations relative to body size of any bird, t...

Aggressive North American Western Migratory

8.4 Great

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Scintillant Hummingbird

The Scintillant Hummingbird (Selasphorus scintilla) is the smallest bird in Costa Rica and one of the smallest in the wo...

Tiny Highland Central American Costa Rican

8.3 Great

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Wine-throated Hummingbird

The Wine-throated Hummingbird (Atthis ellioti) is a tiny montane species restricted to cloud forests of Guatemala and Ho...

Tiny Highland Central American Guatemalan

8.0 Great

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Costa's Hummingbird

Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae) is a small desert-adapted species of the Sonoran and Mojave regions, named after Fr...

Desert North American Western Trochilidae

7.9 Good

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Volcano Hummingbird

The Volcano Hummingbird (Selasphorus flammula) is endemic to the high volcanic peaks of Costa Rica and Panama, with male...

Endemic Highland Central American Costa Rican

7.9 Good

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Blue-throated Mountain-gem

The Blue-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis clemenciae) is the largest hummingbird regularly occurring in the United State...

Mountain Large North American Trochilidae

7.8 Good

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Lucifer Hummingbird

The Lucifer Hummingbird (Calothorax lucifer) is named for the Latin word for light-bearing, referring to its iridescent...

Desert Texas North American Calothorax

7.7 Good

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Violet-crowned Hummingbird

The Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Ramosomyia violiceps) is a Mexican species notable for its entirely white underparts and...

Mexican North American Southwestern Trochilidae

7.6 Good

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird

The Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) is the only hummingbird species that regularly breeds in eastern No...

North American Eastern Common Migratory

7.5 Good

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Allen's Hummingbird

Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) has a resident subspecies on the Channel Islands of California that does not mig...

California North American Western Migratory

7.4 Good

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Anna's Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) is one of the few hummingbird species that overwinters in North America and is named a...

North American Western Trochilidae Resident

7.2 Good

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White-eared Hummingbird

The White-eared Hummingbird (Hylocharis leucotis) is a montane species found from Mexico to Nicaragua, distinguished by...

Mexican North American Highland Trochilidae

7.2 Good

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Broad-billed Hummingbird

The Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) is a Mexican species that reaches the United States only in souther...

North American Southwestern Iridescent Trochilidae

7.1 Good

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Xantus's Hummingbird

Xantus's Hummingbird (Basilinna xantusii) is endemic to Baja California Sur, Mexico, and was named after Hungarian-Ameri...

Endemic Mexican North American Hylocharis

7.0 Good

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Buff-bellied Hummingbird

The Buff-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia yucatanensis) is the only hummingbird that regularly breeds in Texas, primarily a...

Texas North American Trochilidae Amazilia

6.9 Fair

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Black-chinned Hummingbird

The Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) is a widespread western North American species whose iridescent pu...

North American Western Common Migratory

6.8 Fair

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Broad-tailed Hummingbird

The Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) is a high-altitude specialist of Rocky Mountain meadows, where ma...

Mountain North American Western Migratory

6.5 Fair