Mexican Sheartail

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Mexican Sheartail
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Doricha
Species: D. eliza
Binomial name
Doricha eliza
Lesson & DeLattre, 1839

The Mexican Sheartail (Doricha eliza) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found only in Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rural gardens, and urban areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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