Cinnamon Hummingbird
Amazilia rutila
About This Species
This hummingbird favors dry tropical scrub, thorn forest, and gardens with flowering shrubs along the Pacific slope of Mexico and Central America, where it feeds at flowers and small insects with fast, direct flight. Its rufous tail and wings flashing in sunlight make it distinctive even in quick glimpses, and it often perches on exposed twigs between feeding bouts. It can be seen year-round, with activity concentrated around dawn and the cooler parts of the day when flowers are most productive.
Ethical Viewing Guidelines
- Hummingbirds habituate readily to stationary observers near flowering plants or feeders, so standing still a few meters away for a few minutes usually brings good views without need for closer approach.
- Wildlife protection laws vary by country across its Mexican and Central American range, so no single distance or statute applies throughout, and nests, which are tiny and easily overlooked, should never be approached or handled.
- Avoid disturbing the flowering shrubs it depends on for food.
LCAvesApodiformesTrochilidae
Seasonal Activity
209,335 sightings · 2000–2026
Citizen science records via GBIF
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae
Photo
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Occurrence data from GBIF.