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Category:Saucerottia - BirdForum Opus

Genus: Saucerottia

Description

Hummingbirds with ranges from Mexico to South America.

Taxonomy

Saucerottia is a genus in the family Trochilidae. All species were formerly included in genus Amazilia.


Genus Saucerottia viewedit
S. cyanocephala Azure-crowned Hummingbird
S. hoffmanni Blue-vented Hummingbird
S. beryllina Berylline Hummingbird
S. cyanura Blue-tailed Hummingbird
S. edward Snowy-bellied Hummingbird
S. saucerottei Steely-vented Hummingbird
S. cyanifrons Indigo-capped Hummingbird
S. castaneiventris Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird
S. viridigaster Green-bellied Hummingbird
S. cupreicauda Copper-tailed Hummingbird
S. tobaci Copper-rumped Hummingbird

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Sibley CG & Monroe BL. 1996. Birds of the World, on diskette, Windows version 2.0. Charles G. Sibley, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
  3. Dickinson EC (ed.) 2003. The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. ISBN 9780691117010
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