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Costa's hummingbird

Calypte costae (Bourcier, 1839)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The costa's hummingbird (Calypte costae) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 3 g to 3.21 g and live up to 6 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Costa's hummingbird (Calypte costae)
Photo: K.lee · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the costa's hummingbird

Weight
3 g – 3.21 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
6 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Nectarivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
9.17 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
16 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the costa's hummingbird

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Costa's hummingbird (Calypte costae)
DickDaniels ( http://theworldbirds.org ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the costa's hummingbird live?

Not recorded

What is the costa's hummingbird?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Costa's hummingbird (Calypte costae) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It breeds in the arid, semi-arid and Mediterranean climate zones of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, mainly in Southern California and the Baja California Peninsula. Like many hummingbirds in the region, it can be found on the Pacific coast, often visiting backyard hummingbird feeders and gardens with flowering plants, as well as in more wild ecosystems, such as the conifer and oak forests, chaparral, and high desert habitats found further inland. When not in the US, the species often winters in western Mexico.

From the Wikipedia article “Costa's hummingbird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Costa%27s_hummingbird&oldid=1371819783), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the costa's hummingbird endangered?

The costa's hummingbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the costa's hummingbird classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusCalypte
  7. SpeciesCalypte costae (Bourcier, 1839)

Synonyms Archilochus costae, Ornismya costae, Trochilus costae

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • tučil̃chl
  • kalypta kalifornskáCzech
  • kolibřík kalifornskáCzech
  • sïedn CostaWelsh
  • Costa´ KolibriDanish
  • Costas KolibriDanish
  • CostakolibriGerman
  • VeilchenkopfelfeGerman
  • violmaska kolibroEsperanto
  • Colibrí de CostaSpanish
  • Colibrí cabeza violetaSpanish
  • ametistipartakolibriFinnish
  • Calypte de CostaFrench
  • Colibri de CostaFrench
  • ljubičastoglavi kolibrićCroatian
  • Costa-kolibriHungarian
  • Colibrì di CostaItalian
  • コスタハチドリJapanese
  • Kosto kaliptaLithuanian
  • Kostas kolibriLatvian
  • Costa-kolibrieDutch
  • Costa's KolibrieDutch
  • ørkenkolibriNorwegian
  • koliberek kalifornijskiPolish
  • colibri-de-costaPortuguese
  • beija-flor-de-cabeça-púrpuraPortuguese
  • Калипта КостаRussian
  • Фиалковый калипсоRussian
  • čmeľovec kalyptaSlovak
  • Kostin kolibriSerbian
  • ökenkolibriSwedish
  • Costa KolibrisiTurkish
  • каліпта аметистовоголоваUkrainian
  • 科氏蜂鸟Chinese
  • 紫喉蜂鳥Chinese

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Relatives of the costa's hummingbird

Other species in the same genus Calypte.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the costa's hummingbird?

An adult costa's hummingbird weighs 3 g – 3.21 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the costa's hummingbird endangered?

The costa's hummingbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the costa's hummingbird live?

The costa's hummingbird has a recorded lifespan of 6 years.

What kind of animal is the costa's hummingbird?

The costa's hummingbird (Calypte costae) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{costas_hummingbird_2026,
  title = {Costa's hummingbird (Calypte costae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/costas-hummingbird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}