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Calliope Hummingbird

Stellula calliopeOrder: APODIFORMESFamily: Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Calliope Hummingbird Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: Needle
  • Eye Color: Dark brown.
  • Head Pattern: Plain, Streaked
  • Crown Color: Green
  • Forehead Color: Green
  • Nape Color: Green
  • Throat Color: White with purple-red streaking.
  • Cere color: No Data
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Body

  • Length Range: 7-8 cm (2.75-3.25 in)
  • Weight: 3 g (0.1 oz)
  • Size: Very Small (3 - 5 in)
  • Color Primary: Green, Gray, Sheen or Iridescence
  • Underparts: White with green speckling on sides and flanks.
  • Upperparts: Green
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Calliope Hummingbird Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Swift direct flight with strong wing beats., Hovers when feeding.
  • Wingspan Range: 11 cm (4.25 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Banded
  • Upper Tail: Dark Green
  • Under Tail: Dark Green
  • Leg Color: Black
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Family
Species Stellula calliope
Length2.75 - 3.25 Inches
Wingspan4.25 Inches

Calliope Hummingbird

Calliope Hummingbird: Very small hummingbird, metallic green upperparts and flanks, white underparts. Throat feathers are long, purple-red, appearing as streaks on a white background, whiskers when fluffed out, or dark, inverted V when folded. Direct and hovering flight with very rapid wing beats.

● Song: "si tsi-tsi, tsi-tsi", "see-ree", "tsip"

● Foraging & Feeding: Calliope Hummingbird: Feeds on nectar, insects, and spiders. Preferred flowers include paintbrushes, penstemon, columbine, trumpet gilia, and elephant head.

● Breeding & nesting: Calliope Hummingbird: Two white eggs are laid in a small lichen-and-moss nest covered with cobwebs, and built on a limb of a bush or well-protected small tree. Incubation ranges from 15 to 16 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Calliope Hummingbird: Female Rufous Hummingbird is larger with longer bill, darker flanks, and more rufous at base of tail.

Flight Pattern

Swift direct flight with strong wing beats., Hovers when feeding.
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● Range & Habitat: Calliope Hummingbird: Breeds in mountains from central interior British Columbia and southwestern Alberta, south through Washington, Oregon, Nevada, and California to northern Baja California, and east to northern Wyoming, western Colorado, and Utah. Spends winters from northern to central Mexico. Found in mountains (along meadows, canyons and streams), in open montane forests, and in willow and alder thickets. Commonly found in chaparral, lowland brushy areas, and deserts during migration and in winter
BreedingPolygamous, Solitary nester
Population
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.1 Ounces