Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí d'Eliza |
| Czech | kalypta nůžkoocasá |
| Dutch | Mexicaanse Schaarstaartkolibrie |
| English | Mexican Sheartail |
| English (United States) | Mexican Sheartail |
| French | Colibri d'Eliza |
| French (France) | Colibri d'Eliza |
| German | Rosenkehl-Sternkolibri |
| Japanese | オビロエンビハチドリ |
| Norwegian | yucatánklypestjert |
| Polish | koliberek widłosterny |
| Russian | Мексиканский искрохвост |
| Slovak | čmeľovec stupňochvostý |
| Spanish | Colibrí de Elisa |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Colibrí Tijereta Mexicano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí de Elisa |
| Swedish | yucatánsaxstjärt |
| Turkish | Yukatan Ormanyıldızı |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі-вилохвіст мексиканський |
Mexican Sheartail Doricha eliza
Carlos A. Soberanes-González and Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published March 1, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 1, 2013
Diet and Foraging
Diet
Mexican Sheartail is primarily nectarivorous. In Veracruz the sheartail visits flowers of Malvaviscus arboreus (Malvaceae), Hamelia patens (Rubiaceae), Salvia coccinea and S. purpurea (Labiatae), Triumpheta speciosa (Tiliaceae), Bouvardia ternifolia (Rubiaceae), Stenocereus griseus (Cactaceae), and possibly Solanum tridynamun (Solanaceae) (Ortíz-Pulido et al. 2002). In the Yucatan, the sheartail visits Ipomoea sp. and Justicia sp.
Mexican Sheartail also feeds on insects, as do most species of hummingbirds (Remsen et al. 1986).
