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Lucifer sheartail

Calothorax lucifer (Swainson, 1827)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The lucifer sheartail (Calothorax lucifer) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 2.98 g to 3.3 g and live up to 4.1 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Lucifer sheartail (Calothorax lucifer)
Photo: Polinova · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the lucifer sheartail

Weight
2.98 g – 3.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Height
9 cmsrc for Height
Lifespan
4.1 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Nectarivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
15 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the lucifer sheartail?

LUCIFER SHEARTAIL · HEIGHT 9 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 9 cm, the recorded maximum height of the lucifer sheartail is about 5.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the lucifer sheartail live?

Not recorded

What is the lucifer sheartail?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The lucifer sheartail or lucifer hummingbird (Calothorax lucifer) is a medium-sized, 10 cm long, green hummingbird with a slightly curved bill and distinctive outward flare of its gorget feathers. Its habitat is in high-altitude areas of northern Mexico and southwestern United States. It winters in central Mexico.

From the Wikipedia article “Lucifer sheartail” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lucifer_sheartail&oldid=1350335280), 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 lucifer sheartail endangered?

The lucifer sheartail 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 lucifer sheartail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusCalothorax
  7. SpeciesCalothorax lucifer (Swainson, 1827)

Synonyms Cynanthus lucifer, Ornisma cyanopogon, Trochilus cohuatl, Trochilus lucifer

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • Lucifer hummingbirdEnglish
  • Lucifer hummingbirdEnglish
  • Colibrí lucíferCatalan
  • colibrí LluciferCatalan
  • kalypta zelenobokáCzech
  • kolibřík zelenobokýCzech
  • sïedn LwsifferWelsh
  • Mexicansk SkovjuvelDanish
  • LuziferkolibriGerman
  • Luzifer-KolibriGerman
  • LuzifersternkolibriGerman
  • lucifera kolibroEsperanto
  • Colibrí luciferSpanish
  • Colibrí luminosoSpanish
  • paholaiskolibriFinnish
  • Calypte luciferFrench
  • Colibri luciferFrench
  • ljubičastobrada smaragdnicaCroatian
  • Lucifer-kolibriHungarian
  • Colibrì luciferinoItalian
  • アカヒゲハチドリJapanese
  • mėlynbarzdis puošnusis kolibrisLithuanian
  • Lucifera kolibriLatvian
  • LuciferkolibrieDutch
  • koliberek pustynnyPolish
  • colibri-luminosoPortuguese
  • beija-flor-luminosoPortuguese
  • Колибри ЛюциферRussian
  • Сверкающий люциферRussian
  • Синебородый украшенный колибриRussian
  • čmeľovec svetličkovýSlovak
  • Kolibri lučonošaSerbian
  • luciferkolibriSwedish
  • Meksika yıldızıTurkish
  • Işıldayan KolibriTurkish
  • колібрі-білозір пустельнийUkrainian
  • 傲麗蜂鳥Chinese
  • 瑰丽蜂鸟Chinese

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Relatives of the lucifer sheartail

Other species in the same genus Calothorax.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the lucifer sheartail?

An adult lucifer sheartail weighs 2.98 g – 3.3 g and stands 9 cm tall, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the lucifer sheartail endangered?

The lucifer sheartail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the lucifer sheartail live?

The lucifer sheartail has a recorded lifespan of 4.1 years.

What kind of animal is the lucifer sheartail?

The lucifer sheartail (Calothorax lucifer) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{lucifer_sheartail_2026,
  title = {Lucifer sheartail (Calothorax lucifer)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lucifer-sheartail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}