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title: "Calliope Hummingbird"
description: "Selasphorus calliope — Uccelli. The calliope hummingbird ( kə-LY-ə-pee; Selasphorus calliope) is the smallest bird native to the United States and Canada."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/calliope-hummingbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Calliope Hummingbird

> Selasphorus calliope — Uccelli. The calliope hummingbird ( kə-LY-ə-pee; Selasphorus calliope) is the smallest bird native to the United States and Canada.

- Scientific name: *Selasphorus calliope*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 5625
- Wikidata: [Q27074788](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27074788)
- iNaturalist taxon: [199914](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199914)

## Names

- en: Calliope Hummingbird
- de: Sternelfe
- es: Zumbador Garganta Rayada
- fr: Colibri calliope
- pl: Rudaczek liliobrody

## Countries with the most observations

US (3702), CA (952), MX (206)

## Summary

The calliope hummingbird ( kə-LY-ə-pee; Selasphorus calliope) is the smallest bird native to the United States and Canada. It has a western breeding range mainly from California to British Columbia, and migrates to the Southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America for its wintering grounds. The calliope hummingbird is the smallest known long-distance bird migrant, completing  migrations twice per year of some 9,000 km (5,600 mi).
It was previously considered the only member of the genus Stellula (meaning little star), but research evidence suggests its existing placement in the genus Selasphorus. The bird…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliope_hummingbird

## Photo

![Calliope Hummingbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/calliope-hummingbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/244582246

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/calliope-hummingbird?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).