Talk:Blue-headed hummingbird

GA review

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Nominator: MSK (talk · contribs) 18:53, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: Pi.1415926535 (talk · contribs) 23:07, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

I'll take this review. The usual boilerplate: please respond to comments with {{done}}, {{not done}}, etc. Note that I may make some suggestions that are beyond the GA criteria – my aim is to make the article as good as possible – but I will only pass/fail based on the criteria. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 23:07, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

I do want to note that I'm in China right now without a computer, so I won't be able to address any comments for the next week or so. Sorry for any inconvenience. msk 03:42, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

@MSK: No problem. I'll put it on hold when I finish my comments; take as much time as you need to get to them. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 04:25, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

@Pi.1415926535: everything should be fixed now. msk 19:32, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

@MSK: Your first round of revisions looks good; just a few remaining quibbles that I've replied to. Comments on the remaining sections are below; I'll try to get to the spot check table tonight. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 23:53, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

@Pi.1415926535: I've went through all your comments. Thanks in advance. msk 18:21, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

@MSK: Looking good - we're almost there! Flagging a couple small remaining items (some old, some new; one optional but recommended) in this diff. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:06, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Sorry about that, should be Fixed now. msk 21:51, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

@MSK: Great work, passing now. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 00:50, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Infobox and lead

• Suggest linking to Morne Diablotin National Park rather than the mountain

   Done

• The range in the map is hard to see at infobox scale; a zoomed-in version might be preferrable.

  Removed it entirely.

• No need for comma after Lesser Antilles

   Done

• Is it standard in biology articles to say "the female has" rather than "females have" (and so on)?

  Not standard (there is no standard) as much as grammatically consistent. The article refers to the bird consistently in the singular, "females" would be plural. Some descriptions of birds also tend to describe the definitive specimen/type specimen (for each gender), hence the use of "the".

• Remove "as the name suggests"

   Done

• Its behavior...: The current wording suggests it's only talking about the males; perhaps change to something like The species has typical hummingbird behaviors; it primary feeds off nectar.

   Not done as when pertaining to gendered characteristics, the female and male have been referred to as "his" and "her" respectively throughout the article, so there is no ambiguity here

  The problem is that the current wording of "Its" is ambiguous - it's not clear whether it is referring to the species, or only the male of the species. I'm not picky what you replace "Its" with, but it needs to be clear.

  Flagging for visibility in diff. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:06, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

• Spell out "two"

   Done

• Suggest saying "25,000 to 150,000" or similar; the current wording could imply a population as low as 25.

   Done changed to endash, should make things clearer.

  That can still be read as just 25; I think you need to say "thousand" twice.

• Not a GA requirement, but I highly recommend adding alt text to images for accessibility.

  Flagging for visibility in diff. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:06, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Taxonomy

• Provide a translation for Le saphir-ésmeraude?

   Done

• Add comma after recordii

   Done

• Link Alexandre Ricord to Jean Baptiste Ricord#Family; no need to give his birth year.

   Done

• Can the last standalone sentence be placed in one of the paragraphs?

   Done

• Correct "is has" in the final sentence.

Description

• Add "a" before "medium-sized"

   Done

• Use {{convert}} for measurements (and in later sections as well)

   Not done During a recent FAC I was told that Conversion to US units is optional for scientific articles. My preference is to omit to make the prose more engaging, but I know opinions differ. If you prefer them I can add them, though.

• Wikilink "iris"

   Done

• Change "are" to "is" before "dark gray"

   Done

• Link to Dichromatism

   Done? I used "dichromatism" wrong, I meant "iridescence," which is what I replaced it with.

• Spell out "two" and "four" per MOS:NUMERAL

   Done

• The males are... If the rest of the article is written in the singular, this should be as well. Same with Juveniles strongly resemble adults...

  Oops!  Done

• The third paragraph claims the male is entirely emerald, but then goes on to list several portions with different colors.

   Done cleared that up.

Distribution and habitat

• I think a word is missing from The blue-headed hummingbird exclusively present...

   Done

Behavior

• This sentence contradicts itself: It feeds at all levels of the forest, usually hovering 6 meters above the ground

   Done

Conservation and ecology

• Spell out "seventh"

   Done

• Clarify the population number (per lead comment)

   Done

• Remove "The aftermath of" - I assume the trees were lost during the hurricane, not afterwards.

   Done

References

Ref numbers refer to this version.

• Ref 2 needs publisher, date, etc

   Done

• Refs 3 and 12 are weirdly formatted; they should use citation templates for consistency.

   Done

  Ref 3 (HBW) still seems to be unformatted. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:06, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

• Ref 5 links to the wrong page

   Not done the page is correct, Histoire Naturelle was mostly written by Buffon himself, "Le saphir-ésmeraude" was published in his own (at that time) encyclopedia.

  Sorry, meant ref 6 (Schuchmann) which is cited to page 582 but links to page 468. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:06, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

This table lists 10 random passages from throughout the article (29.4% of 34 total passages). These passages contain 12 inline citations (30.0% of 40 in the article). Generated with the Veracity user script. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 23:53, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

@MSK: Is there any way for me to temporarily get access to the Birds of the World source? I can accept on AGF if necessary given the rest of the spot check, but ideally I'd like to verify since it accounts for about half the citations. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:24, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

I've sent over a PDF of the BOW source. Cheers! msk 19:34, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Reference #	Letter	Source	Archive	Status	Notes
Buffon believed his specimen had come from Guadeloupe but this was an error for Dominica.
6		Schuchmann, K.L. (1999). "Blue-headed hummingbird". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. (eds…	archive.org
Based on that study and others, the North American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society, the International Ornithological Committee (IOC), and the Clements taxonomy merged it into Riccordia.
10		checklist.aou.org
11	a	worldbirdnames.org
12		Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht…
The genus Riccordia had originally been introduced in 1854 by the German ornithologist Ludwig Reichenbach with the Cuban emerald as the type species.
13		biodiversitylibrary.org
The blue-headed hummingbird is medium-sized hummingbird at 9.4–9.9 cm in length and 3.9–4.7 g in weight.
15	a	Mlodinow et al. 2026, Field Identification § Identification.
The female blue-headed hummingbird is dichromatic; from behind she is a shiny, bronze-like green that appears indigo from certain angles. Her throat and neck are whitish.
15	c	Mlodinow et al. 2026, Field Identification § Identification.
The males are strikingly different from the females. He is entirely an iridescent emerald of different shades, except for the feathers around his thighs, which are white to grayish. At certain angles (especially the back of the head, the lower back, the rump, and the breast) his feathers appear especially vivid and blue. His head and throat are a vivid azure, as is his tail feathers and underparts. His largest flight feathers are similar to that of the female but exaggerated, with a slight violet sheen when fresh. The underside of his wing is much duller in comparison, largely colored black, although the feathers nearest to the head (the underwing lesser and median coverts) are a much more vibrant bright green bronze.
19	b	Mlodinow et al. 2026, Plumages, Molts, and Structure § Plumages § Definitive Basic Plumage.
although they are the most numerous between 800–1,000 m. It inhabits undisturbed forests and secondary forest along rivers.
24		Mlodinow et al. 2026, Habitat § General Habitat.
Typical of all hummingbirds, the blue-headed hummingbird forages for nectar from a variety of flowering plants and trees. It feeds at all levels of the forest, usually hovering 6 meters above the ground. In addition to nectar it feeds on arthropods captured by hawking from a perch, especially over streams, and also gleans them from leaves.
26	b	Mlodinow et al. 2026, Diet and Foraging.			(prose corrected after this table was generated)
The female incubates the clutch of two eggs for 16 to 18 days; fledging occurs 20 to 23 days after hatch.
27	b	Mlodinow et al. 2026, Breeding.
The blue-headed hummingbird is common in its habitat, albeit sporadically distributed; estimates for population density have varied greatly. In a 1996 survey of Martinique, it was found to be the 7th most common bird of the entire island with an estimated density of 350–770 per square kilometer. In a 2021 study, the population density was estimated to be 3–4 per square kilometer. This discrepancy may be caused by the 2021 study being exessively cautious, and the 1996 survey is likely the more accurate figure for higher altitudes, and as such the global population is estimated to be 25–150 thousand mature individuals.
31	a	BirdLife International 2024, Population.

External links

• Add {{commons category}} or {{commons category inline}}
• If any relevant information is available about those stamps, it might be worth adding to the prose.
• I'd remove the 2nd and 3rd links - the 2nd is dead, and the 3rd isn't any better an image than those already in the article.

   Done

Overall

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check.

   a (reference section): b (inline citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

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