Subspecies
Selasphorus sasin sasin (Migratory allen's hummingbird)
Selasphorus sasin sasin. Photo: (c) Steven Kurniawidjaja, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Allen’s hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) is a species of hummingbird. It is a small bird, with mature adults reaching only 3 to 3.5 in (76 to 89 mm) in length. The male has a green back and forehead, with rust-colored rufous flanks, rump, and tail. The male’s throat is an iridescent orange-red. The female and immature Allen’s hummingbirds are similarly colored, but lack the iridescent throat patch, instead having a series of speckles on their throats. Females are mostly…
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Order: Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars, swifts, hummingbirds, and allies)
- Family: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
- Genus: Selasphorus (Rufous, allen's, and allied hummingbirds)
- Species: Selasphorus sasin (Allen's hummingbird)
- Subspecies: Selasphorus sasin sasin (Migratory allen's hummingbird)
- Species: Selasphorus sasin (Allen's hummingbird)
- Genus: Selasphorus (Rufous, allen's, and allied hummingbirds)
- Family: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
- Order: Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars, swifts, hummingbirds, and allies)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)



