Cinnamon Hummingbird, Amazilia rutila

Cinnamon Hummingbird, Amazilia rutila, Juvenile. Photograph taken in the greater Zihuantanejo area, Guerrero, January 2020. Photograph and identification courtesy of Ron Woheau, Zihuantanejo.

Cinnamon Hummingbird, Amazilia rutila. Photographs taken in the greater Zihuatanejo area, Guerrero, January 2019. Photographs and identifications courtesy of Ron Woheau, Zihuatanejo.

Cinnamon Hummingbird, Amazilia rutila. Photograph taken in Copala, Sinaloa, February 2019. Photograph and identification courtesy of David F Smith, Alamos, Sonora.

The Cinnamon Hummingbird, Amazilia rutila, is a member of the Trochididae Family of Hummingbirds. They are small in stature. In Mexico they are found in the coastal regions within the Atlantic Slope in the Yucatán Peninsula, and within the Pacific Slope from Sinaloa to Guatemala at elevations up to 1,600 m (5,200 feet). From a conservation perspective the Cinnamon Hummingbird is currently considered to be of Least Concern with stable, widely distributed populations. They are found in deciduous and semi-deciduous forests, thorn forests, and second growth. They feed primarily on a wide variety of flowers and also consume limited amounts of insects.