Mellisuga helenae

species of bird

Taxon taxon Q213036

Facts

12 properties

Instance of: taxon
CITES Appendix: Appendix II of CITES^[23]
Discoverer or inventor: Juan Gundlach^[2]
Egg incubation period: +21^[25]
Endemic to: Cuba^[6]
IUCN conservation status: near threatened^[4]
Litter size: +2^[24]
Original combination: Orthorhyncus helenae^[8]
Parent taxon: Mellisuga^[5]
Taxon common name: Bee Hummingbird, Bienenelfe, Colibrí zunzuncito, colibrí nan abella, kalypta nejmenší, kimalaskoolibri, Bikolibri, Колибри-пчёлка, マメハチドリ, Bikolibri, kimalaiskolibri, méhkolibri, koliberek hawański, čmeľovec kubánsky, bikolibri, Bijkolibrie, Colibri d'Elena, Colibrì ape, beija-flor-de-helena, paprastasis kamaninis kolibris, Colibri d’Elena, колібрі-бджола кубинський, helenin kolibrić, colibri-abelha, beija-flor-abelha^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]
Taxon name: Mellisuga helenae^[7]
Taxon rank: species^[3]

🏷️ Also known as

en Bee Hummingbird en zunzuncito en Mellisuga helenae en Helena hummingbird ar طائر النحلة الطنان cs Mellisuga helenae cs kalypta nejmenší da Mellisuga helenae da Bikolibri de Bienenelfe de Kubaelfe de Hummelkolibri es Pajaro mosca es Colibrí zunzuncito es Pájaro mosca es Zunzucito es Zunzuncito fa مرغ پر زنبوری fi kimalaiskolibri fi mehiläiskolibri

🔖 Identifiers · 30

ADW taxon ID: Mellisuga_helenae
ARKive ID (archived): mellisuga-helenae, bee-hummingbird/mellisuga-helenae
Avibase taxon ID: 2AA5F01C38577FC4
BirdLife taxon ID: 22688214
CITES Species+ ID: 10117
Catalogue of Life ID: 3ZL94
EBird taxon ID: beehum1
Encyclopedia of Life ID: 45509646
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: animal/bee-hummingbird
Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility's Species List ID: MX.29758
Freebase ID: /m/03jjy_
GBIF taxon ID: 5228500

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Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: bikolibri
IBP 4-letter bird species alpha code: BEEH
IBP 6-letter bird species alpha code: MELHEL
INaturalist taxon ID: 6425
IRMNG ID: 10217497
ITIS TSN: 555310
IUCN taxon ID: 22688214
NBIC scientific name ID: 177423
NCBI taxonomy ID: 2082998
Neotropical Birds ID: beehum1
Observation.org taxon ID: 72068
Oiseaux.net ID: colibri.d.helen
Open Tree of Life ID: 3600587
UMLS CUI: C3684062
Vikidia article ID: en:Bee_hummingbird, fr:Colibri_d'Elena
WikiKids ID: Bijkolibrie
Xeno-canto species ID: Mellisuga-helenae
YSO ID: 39276

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🔗 Connections

Discoverer or inventor 1

Juan Gundlach

Endemic to 1

Cuba

IUCN conservation status 1

near threatened

Instance of 1

taxon

Parent taxon 1

Mellisuga

Taxon rank 1

species

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Selston

← Species kept 1

San Diego Zoo

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Summary

Mellisuga helenae is a taxon^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — discoverer or inventor (P61): Juan Gundlach. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — taxon rank (P105): species. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — IUCN conservation status (P141): Near Threatened. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved 2021-12-27. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — parent taxon (P171): Mellisuga. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — endemic to (P183): Cuba. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — taxon name (P225): Mellisuga helenae. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — original combination (P1403): Orthorhyncus helenae. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — taxon common name (P1843): Bee Hummingbird. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-04. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — taxon common name (P1843): Bienenelfe. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-11. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — taxon common name (P1843): Colibrí zunzuncito. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-12. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — taxon common name (P1843): colibrí nan abella. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-12. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — taxon common name (P1843): kalypta nejmenší. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-13. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — taxon common name (P1843): kimalaskoolibri. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-13. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — taxon common name (P1843): Bikolibri. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-13. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — taxon common name (P1843): Колибри-пчёлка. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-14. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — taxon common name (P1843): マメハチドリ. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-14. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — taxon common name (P1843): kimalaiskolibri. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-15. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — taxon common name (P1843): méhkolibri. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-15. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — taxon common name (P1843): koliberek hawański. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-16. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — taxon common name (P1843): čmeľovec kubánsky. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-16. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — taxon common name (P1843): Bijkolibrie. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-16. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — CITES Appendix (P7603): Appendix II of CITES. Species+. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — litter size (P7725): 2. The worldwide variation in avian clutch size across species and space. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Mellisuga helenae — egg incubation period (P7770): 21 day. Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Mellisuga helenae is an instance of taxon (Q16521) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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