| Mexican Sheartail | |
|---|---|
| Doricha eliza | |
| 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 |
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| Range of Doricha eliza | |
The Mexican Sheartail (Doricha eliza) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is endemic to Mexico.[1] Currently it has no recognized subspecies.[2]
It is found only in Mexico where it lives in two disjunct populations, one in the center of Veracruz and the other in the northern coastal area of the Yucatan Peninsula.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, mangroves, rural gardens and urban areas.[1] A specific example of the mangrove habitat is the Petenes mangroves ecoregion in the Yucatán Peninsula. It is threatened by habitat loss.