Listen to the Mexican violetear
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About the Mexican violetear
The Mexican violetear is a bird in the family Trochilidae (order Apodiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 1 g.
What does the Mexican violetear sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The Mexican violetear (Colibri thalassinus) is a medium-sized, metallic green hummingbird species commonly found in forested areas from Mexico to Nicaragua. This species, together with the lesser violetear were previously considered conspecific, and together called the green violetear.
Related birds in the genus Colibri
More from the family Trochilidae
Anna's hummingbird
Calypte anna
Sword-billed hummingbird
Ensifera ensifera
Ruby-throated hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Calliope hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Black-chinned hummingbird
Archilochus alexandri
White-tipped sicklebill
Eutoxeres aquila
Green hermit
Phaethornis guy
White-necked jacobin
Florisuga mellivora
Fiery topaz
Topaza pyra
White-booted racket-tail
Ocreatus underwoodii
Frequently asked questions
What does a Mexican violetear sound like?
You can hear 3 recordings of the Mexican violetear on this page, including its song. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Mexican violetear endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Mexican violetear as “least concern”.
What family does the Mexican violetear belong to?
The Mexican violetear (Colibri thalassinus) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: Quebrada Honda, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: near Panguri, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1071081 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Mexican violetear – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium – CC BY 2.0