Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Emerald-chinned Hummingbird (Abeillia abeillei) - HBW 5, p. 565

French: Colibri d’Abeillé German: Smaragdkehlkolibri Spanish: Colibrí de Abeillé
Other common names: Abeille’s Hummingbird

Taxonomy: Ornismya Abeillei Lesson and DeLattre, 1839, Veracruz, Mexico.
Genus sometimes considered to incorporate Klais. Validity of race aurea has been questioned. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

abeillei (Lesson & DeLattre, 1839) - SE Mexico to Guatemala, El Salvador and N Honduras.
aurea A. H. Miller & Griscom, 1925 - S Honduras and N Nicaragua.

Least Concern

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Female perched Locality Atitlán Volcano, Guatemala
Marc FASOL 1 May 2012 23 weeks ago 3.3
A perched female, showing the proportionately short beak characteristic of this species Locality Finca Prusia trail, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp abeillei)
monicayhector 29 March 2009 3 years ago 2.8