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title: "Sonoran Bumble Bee"
description: "Bombus sonorus — Owady i pająki. Bombus sonorus, commonly known as the Sonoran bumble bee, is a species of bumble bee in the family Apidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/sonoran-bumble-bee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sonoran Bumble Bee

> Bombus sonorus — Owady i pająki. Bombus sonorus, commonly known as the Sonoran bumble bee, is a species of bumble bee in the family Apidae.

- Scientific name: *Bombus sonorus*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 19891
- Wikidata: [Q2205436](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2205436)
- iNaturalist taxon: [57690](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/57690)

## Names

- en: Sonoran Bumble Bee
- es: Abejorro zumbador

## Countries with the most observations

US (13659), MX (5770)

## Summary

Bombus sonorus, commonly known as the Sonoran bumble bee, is a species of bumble bee in the family Apidae. It is found in Mexico and southwestern North America. Although it has often been categorized as a subspecies of Bombus pensylvanicus, it has since been shown to not hybridize with B. pensylvanicus over a broad area of geographic overlap, confirming its status as a distinct species.

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

## Photo

![Sonoran Bumble Bee](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sonoran-bumble-bee/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jesus Garcia Ortega · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/363271579

## Machine access

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