Buff-bellied Hummingbird

Amazilia yucatanensis Order: APODIFORMES Family: Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
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General

Buff-bellied Hummingbird: Medium-sized hummingbird with iridescent green upperparts, head, throat, and upper breast, and buff lower breast and belly. Slightly forked tail is dark chestnut-brown with cinnamon-brown undertail coverts. Bill is slightly decurved and red with a black tip. Sexes are similar.

Range and Habitat

Buff-bellied Hummingbird: Common in southeast Texas and Mexico. Preferred habitats include open woodlands, shrublands, scrubs, and citrus groves.

Listen to Call

Voice Text

"siik", "chip"

Interesting Facts

 The Buff-bellied Hummingbird regularly disperses to the northeast from its breeding areas in south Texas. This northerly movement is unique among North American hummingbirds.

 They have an amazing vocal repertoire which includes a complex song replete with trills and cascades as well as several distinctive call notes. The most familiar call is a chatter that sounds like electric static.

 Both male and female birds of any age aggressively defend feeding locations within their territories.

 A group of hummingbirds has many collective nouns, including a “bouquet", "glittering", "hover", "shimmer", and "tune” of hummingbirds.



Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Range Map for Buff-bellied Hummingbird

Related Birds

Allen's Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Berylline Hummingbird
Green Violet-ear
Xantus's Hummingbird
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Family Hummingbird (Trochilidae)_blue
Species Amazilia yucatanensis
Length4 - 5 Inches
Wingspan5.5 Inches

Buff-bellied Hummingbird

Buff-bellied Hummingbird: Medium-sized hummingbird with iridescent green upperparts, head, throat, and upper breast, and buff lower breast and belly. Slightly forked tail is dark chestnut-brown with cinnamon-brown undertail coverts. Bill is slightly decurved and red with a black tip.

● Song: "siik", "chip"

● Foraging & Feeding: Buff-bellied Hummingbird: Feeds primarily on nectar but takes some insects.

● Breeding & nesting: Buff-bellied Hummingbird: Two white eggs are laid in a nest made of plant fibers, fine stems, shreds of bark, and spider webs, lined with plant down, and covered outside with lichens and flower petals. Female incubates eggs for about 14 days.

● Similar species: Buff-bellied Hummingbird: Rufous Hummingbird has a straight black bill and lacks green head and breast.

Flight Pattern

Direct and hovering flight with very rapid wing beats.
Buff-bellied Hummingbird Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Buff-bellied Hummingbird: Common in southeast Texas and Mexico. Preferred habitats include open woodlands, shrublands, scrubs, and citrus groves.
BreedingSolitary nester
PopulationFairly common to common
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight0.1 Ounces