Xantus's Hummingbird

Basilinna xantusii (Lawrence, 1860)

Xantus's Hummingbird, Basilinna xantusii, breeds in southern Baja California in Middle America and is confined to the Baja California Peninsula. It is a hummingbird of arid woodland, scrub, oak and pine-oak, and it also uses coastal desert, gardens and feeders. The species is notable for its straight bill, with the male showing a red bill tipped black and the female having a black upper bill with a pinkish base and a pinkish red lower bill with a black tip. It was first described by Lawrence in 1860.

Order

Apodiformes

Family

Trochilidae — Hummingbirds

Breeding range

Middle America: s Baja California