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Blue-throated Hummingbird

Lampornis clemenciae ORDER: APODIFORMES FAMILY: TROCHILIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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Blue-throated Hummingbird Photo

The largest hummingbird found north of Mexico, the Blue-throated Hummingbird reaches the northern limit of its range in southeastern Arizona. It inhabits streamside habitat in mountain canyons.

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Calls

  • Chip series and complex whisper song of a Blue-throated Hummingbird. Recorded in Arizona by Randolph Scott Little. Sound and spectrogram courtesy of Macaulay Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (LNS #20814).
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    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Territorial male makes peeping chip notes, about one every second or two. Male also gives a "whisper song" consisting of a complex series of multiple notes.

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