Calypte

Calypte
	male Anna's hummingbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Subfamily:	Trochilinae
Genus:	Calypte; Gould, 1856
Species
	C. anna; C. costae

Calypte is a genus of hummingbirds. It consists of two small species.

Calypte face challenges of maintaining stability when flying near the Earth's surface, and tail Is used to offset aerial perturbation.[1]

Hummingbirds as Calypte have visual characteristics that are found in predatory as well as prey species, which means that they can be either predators or preys.[2]

Species

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Calypte anna	Anna's hummingbird	United States(Oregon, Washington, California), Canada, and Baja California, Mexico
	Calypte costae	Costa's hummingbird	Southwestern United States and the Baja California Peninsula of Mexico.

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References

Badger, Marc A.; Wang, Hao; Dudley, Robert (2019-02-01). "Avoiding topsy-turvy: how Anna's hummingbirds (Calypte anna) fly through upward gusts". The Journal of Experimental Biology. 222 (3): jeb176263. doi:10.1242/jeb.176263.
Moore, Bret A.; Maggs, David J.; Kim, Soohyun; Motta, Monica J.; Bandivadekar, Ruta; Tell, Lisa A.; Murphy, Christopher J. (2018-02-20). "Clinical findings and normative ocular data for free-living Anna's (Calypte anna) and Black-chinned (Archilochus alexandri) Hummingbirds". Veterinary Ophthalmology. 22 (1): 13–23. doi:10.1111/vop.12560.

"National Geographic". Field Guide to the Birds of North America. ISBN 0-7922-6877-6.

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[1] Badger, Marc A.; Wang, Hao; Dudley, Robert (2019-02-01). "Avoiding topsy-turvy: how Anna's hummingbirds (Calypte anna) fly through upward gusts". The Journal of Experimental Biology. 222 (3): jeb176263. doi:10.1242/jeb.176263.

[2] Moore, Bret A.; Maggs, David J.; Kim, Soohyun; Motta, Monica J.; Bandivadekar, Ruta; Tell, Lisa A.; Murphy, Christopher J. (2018-02-20). "Clinical findings and normative ocular data for free-living Anna's (Calypte anna) and Black-chinned (Archilochus alexandri) Hummingbirds". Veterinary Ophthalmology. 22 (1): 13–23. doi:10.1111/vop.12560.