Birds of Nicaragua BETA

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Saucerottia (3 species, 10 worldwide)


Azure-crowned Hummingbird
Azure-crowned Hummingbird (Saucerottia cyanocephala cyanocephala)
El Triunfo, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


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


Blue-vented Hummingbird
Blue-vented Hummingbird (Saucerottia hoffmanni)
Labrador de San Mateo, Costa Rica
  The central American [Steely-vented Hummingbird], sometimes called the Blue-vented Hummingbird, has a rufous rump.
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.



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