Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Lucifer Hummingbird (Calothorax lucifer) - HBW 5, p. 669

French: Colibri lucifer German: Luzifersternkolibri Spanish: Colibrí Lucifer

Taxonomy: Cynanthus Lucifer Swainson, 1827, Temascáltepec, Mexico.
Genus sometimes merged into an expanded version of Calliphlox. Forms a superspecies with C. pulcher; closely related to genus Doricha, which is sometimes united with present genus on the basis of similar morphological characters. Monotypic.

Distribution: CS USA (Arizona, W Texas) through C plateau of Mexico to Jalisco, Michoacan and Puebla. Winters from Nayarit E to Puebla and S to Oaxaca, irregularly N to Sinaloa.