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 Adult Male © Donald Mathis www.animalpicturesarchive.com |
 Adult Female © Donald Mathis www.animalpicturesarchive.com |
 Adult Female Feeding Nestlings www.wikipedia.org |
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Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope)...The Calliope hummingbirds are very small - the mature adults are only 2-3/4 inches in length. In face, they are said to be the smallest bird found in Canada and the United States. Both the male and female Calliope hummingbirds have glossy green on their backs and crowns, and white underparts. Their bills and tails are relatively short. The adult male has wine-red streaks on his throat, green flanks, and a dark tail. Females and juveniles have a pinkish wash on their flanks, dark streaks on their throats, and dark tails with white tips. The tell-tale throat streaks develop by the time the young male reaches his first breeding season. The breeding habitat of the Calliope hummingbird is open shrubby areas, usually at higher altitudes. It ranges in western North America from southern British Columbia and Alberta, south to Colorado and southern California. (Impressively, Calliope hummingbirds have been identified in Fort Tryon Park, New York. Also, one was identified and banded in Lighthouse Point Park in New Haven, Connecticut.) Calliope hummingbirds are migratory, generally leaving their breeding grounds earlier than most birds (although not as early as the Rufous Hummingbird) in order to take advantage of late-summer wildflowers in the mountains of western North America. Their winter range is mostly in southwestern Mexico. The Calliope hummingbird was named after the Greek muse Calliope. The genus name means "little star"... very appropriate.
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Calliope Hummingbird Video...(about 45 seconds into the video)
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Here's an amazing picture of an adult male Calliope hummingbird displaying all his glory while courting an adult female Calliope hummingbird.
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