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BUFF-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD
Amazilia yucatanensis
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BUFF-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD
Amazilia yucatanensis
| Because of the orange color in its bill, the Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Amazilia yucatanensis, is sometimes confused at first glance with the Broad-billed Hummingbird, Cynanthus latirostris. The Buff-bellied occurs primarily in Mexico and Belize but is found regularly in Texas; it rarely wanders into the eastern U.S. in fall and winter.
The only South Carolina record of the Buff-bellied is a bird banded in Columbia in winter as part of Operation RubyThroat. For photos and descriptions of this bird, please see the link from Vagrant & Winter Hummingbird Banding. If you have a sharp photo of an Anna's Hummingbird you would like to contribute for this page, please send it to PROJECTS with info about when and where the photo was taken, the photographer's name, and any anectdotal info about the bird. |
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Adult Male and Adult Female are similar in appearance Photographs courtesy of Animal Pictures Archive |
| NOTE: Although Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are the primary focus of "Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project", we are also interested in other hummingbird species--especially vagrants that appear in winter (mid-October through mid-March) in the eastern U.S. If you know of a wintering hummingbird east of the Mississippi, please report it to RESEARCH. We will contact a local hummingbird bander about capturing the bird, identifying and banding it, and releasing it unharmed. |
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