Snowy-bellied hummingbird
The snowy-bellied hummingbird (Saucerottia edward), is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is sometimes known by the name snowy-breasted hummingbird.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Saucerottia |
| Species: | S. edward |
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| Saucerottia edward | |
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| Range of A. edward | |
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Saucerottia edward | |
It is found in Costa Rica, Panama and far north-western Colombia.
Description
A small hummingbird, the snowy-bellied measures just 10 cm (3.9 in). Head and upper chest are metallic green. Lower chest and belly are pure white. Back and rump are metallic copper. The tail is generally coppery in the eastern population and blue-black in the western population.[2]
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.
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References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Amazilia edward". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Angehr, George R.; Dean, Robert (2010). The Birds of Panama. Ithaca: Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-8014-7674-7.
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Saucerottia edward |
- BirdLife species factsheet for Saucerottia edward
- "Snowy-breasted hummingbird media". Internet Bird Collection.
- Snowy-bellied hummingbird photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Snowy-bellied hummingbird species account at Neotropical Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
- Audio recordings of Snowy-bellied hummingbird on Xeno-canto.
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