Species profile
Costa's Hummingbird
Calypte costae
Quick answer
Arid sw US to s Baja California and nw Mexico
- Scientific name
- Calypte costae
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Genus
- Calypte
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Costa's Hummingbird in your journal
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Related species in Trochilidae
- Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)
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- Amazilia Hummingbird (Amazilis amazilia)
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- Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis amethystinus)
- Amethyst-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus amethysticollis)
- Andean Emerald (Uranomitra franciae)
- Andean Hillstar (Oreotrochilus estella)