MOURC Proceedings Archive - Hummingbirds Accepted
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Proceedings
Species: Hummingbirds
Mexican Violetear
Rivoli's Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
[Selasphorus hummingbird]
Broad-billed Hummingbird

Mexican Violetear (A) (Colibri thalassinus)Start Date 0000-00-00
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
176:1522004-06-12Linwood TownshipAnoka(record #2004-077, identification Accepted 10–0 / physical evidence Accepted 10–0). All ten MOURC members vote on potential first state records and whether or not the identification can be made based Record 2004-044. Arctic Tern, 15 May 2004, Breckenridge, Wilkin County. Photo by Jim Lind. on physical evidence alone (in this case, the identification was based on a series of digital images originally submitted as a Magnificent Hummingbird, which were recognized by several MOURC members as depicting a Green Violet-ear). The images were reviewed and the identification endorsed by Nancy Newfield, Van Remsen, and Shari Williamson. Full details will be published in a future issue of The Loon. The Loon 77:3Accepted
278:1262005-07-252005-08-21Straight River TownshipHubbard(record #2006-025, vote 7–0). Stunning images of this adult male were submitted in February 2006. Second state record. Accepted
 
 Two records: One summer (2004) and one summer-fall (2005).

Notes:

The information in the above table comes from several different sources. The count in column 1 indicates which of the sources is considered the primary source.
'Accepted' MOURC entries from The MOURC Proceedings
'Not Accepted' or 'Rejected' MOURC entry from The MOURC Proceedings
Accepted MOU records assembled by David Cahlander
Sighting records for ()
Avian information from the occurrence maps, in dark red, assembled by Robert Janssen. Seasonal report for the species/season published in The Loon or The Flicker has been added.
Information from The Loon index assembled by Anthony Hertzel and David Cahlander