Order
Caprimulgiformes
Family
Trochilidae
Genus
Amazilia
 
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Version 1.0

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SPECIES

Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila

Marîa del Coro Arizmendi, Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, Carlos A. Soberanes-González, and Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published October 26, 2012

Behavior

Introduction

Cinnamon Hummingbirds primarily forage in the understory and midstory, but also visit flowering trees.

Males sing solitarily, or in small loose groups in dense undergrowth along streams and at forest edge (Stiles and Skutch 1989).

Territoriality

Little information. Individuals are territorial and defend food resources against larger hummingbirds, bees, bumblebees and butterflies; intruders are attacked in a rapid flight.

Sexual Behavior

Social and interspecific behavior

Like most species of hummingbird, Cinnamon Hummingbirds typically are solitary.

Predation

Recommended Citation

Arizmendi, M. d. C., C. I. Rodríguez-Flores, C. A. Soberanes-González, and T. S. Schulenberg (2012). Cinnamon Hummingbird (Amazilia rutila), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.cinhum1.01