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Allen's Hummingbird

Selasphorus sasin ORDER: APODIFORMES FAMILY: TROCHILIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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© 2004 Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Extremely similar in appearance to the widespread Rufous Hummingbird, the Allen's Hummingbird breeds only along a narrow strip of coastal California and southern Oregon.

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Calls

  • Calls, wings
    Recorded by Charles A. Sutherland
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Does not sing. Calls buzzy; also sharp chips. Wings of adult male make a high, buzzy trill.

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