Bee Hummingbird Mellisuga helenae Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (22)
- Monotypic
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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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
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Bee Hummingbird