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title: "Uszatek zielony"
description: "Colibri thalassinus — Ptaki. The Mexican violetear (Colibri thalassinus) is a medium-sized, metallic green hummingbird species commonly found in forested areas from Mexico to Nicaragua."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/mexican-violetear
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Uszatek zielony

> Colibri thalassinus — Ptaki. The Mexican violetear (Colibri thalassinus) is a medium-sized, metallic green hummingbird species commonly found in forested areas from Mexico to Nicaragua.

- Scientific name: *Colibri thalassinus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 1416
- Wikidata: [Q1071081](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071081)
- iNaturalist taxon: [508366](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/508366)

## Names

- en: Mexican Violetear
- de: Kleiner Veilchenohrkolibri
- es: Colibrí orejas violetas
- fr: Colibri thalassin
- pt: Beija-flor-talássico
- pl: Uszatek zielony

## Countries with the most observations

MX (962), US (77), GT (50), HN (42), SV (39)

## Summary

The Mexican violetear (Colibri thalassinus) is a medium-sized, metallic green hummingbird species commonly found in forested areas from Mexico to Nicaragua. This species, together with the lesser violetear were previously considered conspecific, and together called the green violetear.

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

## Photo

![Uszatek zielony](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mexican-violetear/medium.jpg)

Photo: Fernando Pérez Peralta · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86129132

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mexican-violetear?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).