Bird name:

Allen's Hummingbird

Selasphorus sasinOrder: APODIFORMES Family: Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Codes: Common Name: ALHU Scientific Name: SELSAS ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178041

Allen's Hummingbird Female - Female has a grayer bill than male, green upperparts, and a white throat with bronze dotted pattern. Rufous-buff underparts with rufous wash on sides and base of tail feathers. Tail is rufous, black, and green with white-tipped outer tail feathers.

Allen's Hummingbird - Male has a straight black bill and a full copper-red gorget (throat). Underparts and crown are green with white below throat, rufous flanks, belly, sides, rump, and tail.

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Allen's Hummingbird

Allen's Hummingbird: Small, compact hummingbird; male has straight black bill, glittering green crown and back, white breast, and rufous sides, belly, rump, and tail. The throat (gorget) is iridescent copper-red. Feeeds on nectar, insects, spiders, and sap. Swift direct flight, hovers when feeding.

● Song: "zeeee chuppity-chup"

● Foraging & Feeding: Allen's Hummingbird: Long narrow bill and tongue allow it to obtain nectar from flowers. Also obtains protein from small insects. Consumes over twice its weight in nectar each day by feeding every 10 to 15 minutes and visiting as many as 1,000 flowers.

● Breeding & nesting: Allen's Hummingbird: Two white eggs are laid in a tiny, tightly woven cup built on a sheltered branch. Incubation ranges from 15 to 22 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Allen's Hummingbird: Male Rufous Hummingbird has less green on crown and back. Female Rufous Hummingbird is indistinguishable in appearance.

Flight Pattern

Hovers when feeding., Swift darting direct flight.

● Range & Habitat: Allen's Hummingbird: Breeds along the coast from southern Oregon to southern California. Resident in southern California; winters in Mexico. Preferred habitats include coastal chaparral, brushlands, and edges of redwood forests.

^BreedingSolitary nester, Semicolonial, Promiscuous

^PopulationCommon to fairly common

^MigrationNeotropical Migrant

^Weight0.1 Ounces

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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