Lucifer Sheartail

Calothorax lucifer (Swainson, 1827)

3.3 gWeight

The lucifer sheartail or lucifer hummingbird (Calothorax lucifer) is a medium-sized, 10 cm long, green hummingbird with a slightly curved bill and distinctive outward flare of its gorget feathers.

Busiest months: August · Most records: United States, Mexico

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Lucifer Sheartail has been recorded at 16 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 2 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Ash Canyon Bird SanctuaryUnited States9,861 records
PortalUnited States189 records
Laguna de San Gregorio AtlapulcoMexico88 records

More places

Paton Center for HummingbirdsUnited States82 records
Madera Canyon – Santa Rita LodgeUnited States81 records
Portal – Cave Creek RanchUnited States43 records
Jardín Botánico El Charco del IngenioMexico41 records
Jardín Botánico del Instituto de Biología UNAMMexico35 records
Ramsey Canyon PreserveUnited States23 records
Parque Ecológico de XochimilcoMexico15 records

Countries and regions with the most records

United States Mexico

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The lucifer sheartail or lucifer hummingbird (Calothorax lucifer) is a medium-sized, 10 cm long, green hummingbird with a slightly curved bill and distinctive outward flare of its gorget feathers. Its habitat is in high-altitude areas of northern Mexico and southwestern United States. It winters in central Mexico.

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