Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) - BirdLife species factsheet

Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Selasphorus calliope (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Stellula.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	2,210,000 km²	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	339,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	4500000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2019
Population trend	increasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.04 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number 4,500,000 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019).

Trend justification: The population is thought to be increasing (Meehan et al. 2018).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Canada	extant	native	yes
Mexico	extant	native		yes	yes
USA	extant	native	yes		yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Pastureland	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	non-breeding
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	breeding
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	non-breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	major	breeding
Altitude	180 - 3400 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/calliope-hummingbird-selasphorus-calliope on 24/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 24/11/2024.