Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí nan abella |
| Czech | kalypta nejmenší |
| Dutch | Bijkolibrie |
| English | Bee Hummingbird |
| English (United States) | Bee Hummingbird |
| French | Colibri d'Elena |
| French (France) | Colibri d'Elena |
| German | Bienenelfe |
| Icelandic | Humalbríi |
| Japanese | マメハチドリ |
| Norwegian | bikolibri |
| Polish | koliberek hawański |
| Russian | Колибри-пчёлка |
| Serbian | Kolibri pčelica |
| Slovak | čmeľovec kubánsky |
| Slovenian | Čmrlji kolibri |
| Spanish | Colibrí Zunzuncito |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Zunzuncito |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí zunzuncito |
| Swedish | bikolibri |
| Turkish | Küba Arı Kolibrisi |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі-бджола кубинський |
Mellisuga helenae (Lembeye, 1850)
PROTONYM:
Orthorhynchus helenae
Lembeye, 1850. Aves de la Isla de Cuba, p.70 pl.10 fig.2.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cardenas, Cuba.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MELLISUGA
- helenae
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UPPERCASE: current genus
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● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
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L.: Latin
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OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Bee Hummingbird Mellisuga helenae Scientific name definitions
Peng Chai and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 11, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 11, 2016
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Bee Hummingbird Mellisuga helenae
Authors
Peng Chai and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Chai, P. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.beehum1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- February 11, 2016
- Bee Hummingbird Mellisuga helenae
Authors
Peng Chai and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Chai, P. and G. M. Kirwan (2016). Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
