Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.105629
Element CodeABNUC34040
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
CITESAppendix II
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassAves
OrderApodiformes
FamilyTrochilidae
GenusLampornis
Other Common NamesBlue-throated Hummingbird (EN) Colibri à gorge bleue (FR) Colibrí Garganta Azul (ES)
Concept ReferenceAmerican Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodLegacy Rank calculation - Excel v3.1x
Review Date2015-05-21
Change Date1996-12-02
Edition Date2015-05-21
Edition AuthorsHammerson, G.
Threat ImpactLow
Range Extent200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)
Number of OccurrencesUnknown
Rank ReasonsLarge range in southwestern United States and Mexico; presumed large population size; probably relatively stable; no known major threats, though locally the species may be vulnerable to various kinds of detrimental habitat alteration.
Range Extent CommentsBreeding range extends from northern Sonora, southeastern Arizona, Chihuahua, and western Texas south through Coahuila, Durango, and western Mexico to Oaxaca and (possibly) Chiapas; recorded (mostly in summer) in southwestern and central Colorado (AOU 1998). Winter range extends from southern Sonora (casually southeastern Arizona) and Chihuahua south through the breeding range in Mexico (AOU 1998). Elevational range in Mexico is mainly 1,800-3,000 meters, but local nesting at elevations as low as 1,460 meters has been documented in Arizona (Corman and Wise-Gervais 2005).
Occurrences CommentsThe number of distinct occurrences or subpopulations has not been determined using standardized criteria, but this species is represented by a large number of observation/collection sites (e.g., see GBIF database, eBird) and locations (as defined by IUCN).
Threat Impact CommentsNo major threat impacts have been documented, but the species may be vulnerable to various forms of detrimental habitat alteration. Populations at the northwestern edge of the range are confined to a few narrow, moist canyons in the higher mountains; this habitat specificity may make them vulnerable to destruction or degradation of riparian corridors through logging, grazing, mining, water diversion, and/or introduction of exotic plants (Williamson 2000). Fire suppression increases threat of destruction of riparian forests by catastrophic fire (Williamson 2000). In Mexico, the species’ affinity for forest understory makes it vulnerable to logging, which threatens forests throughout the Sierra Madre region; replanting of burned and clear-cut forests with 1 or 2 tree species of high market value and resulting loss of biodiversity may impact habitat and food availability (Williamson 2000).
On the other hand, these hummingbirds commonly nest in altered habitats and may place nests on buildings or other structures. They regularly visit feeders.