#1389 · 🐦 birds

Allen's Hummingbird

🇳🇱 Allens Kolibrie ·Selasphorus sasin

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

Allen's hummingbird ( Selasphorus sasin ) is a species of hummingbird. 5 in (76 to 89 mm) in length. The male has a green back and forehead, with rust-colored rufous flanks, rump, and tail. The male's throat is an iridescent orange-red. The female and immature Allen's hummingbirds are similarly colored, but lack the iridescent throat patch, instead having a series of speckles on their throats. Females are mostly...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 26,505iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
26,505 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by René Lesson in 1829 (197 years ago).