Snowy-bellied hummingbird
| Snowy-bellied hummingbird | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Amazilia |
| Species: | A. edward |
| Binomial name | |
| Amazilia edward DeLattre & Bourcier, 1846 | |
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| Range of A. edward | |
| Synonyms | |
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Saucerottia edward | |
The snowy-bellied hummingbird (Amazilia edward), sometimes placed in the genus Saucerottia, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is sometimes known by the name snowy-breasted hummingbird.
It is found in Costa Rica, Panama and extreme north-western Colombia (near the border with Panama).
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 forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Amazilia edward". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ 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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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amazilia edward. |
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Wikispecies has information related to: Amazilia edward |
- BirdLife species factsheet for Amazilia edward
- Snowy-breasted hummingbird videos, photos, and sounds at the Internet Bird Collection
- Snowy-bellied hummingbird photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Snowy-bellied hummingbird species account at NeotropicalBirds (Cornell University)