Birds of Costa Rica

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Saucerottia (3 species, 11 worldwide)


Blue-tailed Hummingbird
Blue-tailed Hummingbird (Saucerottia cyanura guatemalae)
Los Andes Reserve, Guatemala  
   
Photograph by Alex Navarro   © All Rights Reserved.


Snowy-bellied Hummingbird
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird (Saucerottia edward)
Cerro Azul, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Blue-vented Hummingbird
Blue-vented Hummingbird (Saucerottia hoffmanni)
Labrador de San Mateo, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

The central American Steely-vented Hummingbird, sometimes called the Blue-vented Hummingbird, has a rufous rump.


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