Calliope Hummingbird Migration Facts

Migrant: Calliope Hummingbird
Scientific Name: Selasphorus calliope
Conservation Status: Least Concern (Population stable)

             

Calliope Hummingbird Migration Fact 1

The Calliope Hummingbirds travel around 5,000 miles each year in a big oval from the breeding to wintering grounds.

               

Calliope Hummingbird Migration Fact 2

They migrate north along the Pacific Coast in the spring, but return to the wintering grounds in Mexico via an inland route along the Rocky Mountains.

       

Calliope Hummingbird Migration Fact 3

They are the smallest long-distance migrant in the world.

  

SOURCE:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org

                     

 

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