Hummingbirds

Mexican Sheartail

Doricha eliza

The Mexican Sheartail (Doricha eliza) is a 2.5 g scrub bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

2.5 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

1

Recorded in Mexico.

Where to see it: Chichicaxtle · Observatorio de Aves Rapaces Dr. Mario A. Ramos (Mexico).

Photo: (c) Adrianh M. Orozco, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist