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| + | Tend to be found on fairly low vegetation either deep within forest or at forest edge. Sing from low bushes in open areas at forest edge. Several records from Costa Rica of the southern form ''A. c. cyanura'' suggest that it might be partially migratory. | ||
==Bird Song== | ==Bird Song== | ||
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Revision as of 01:23, 13 November 2007
- Saucerottia cyanura
Identification
Distribution
Very limited distribution with the two subspecies located in two separate areas. A. c. guatemalae is found in a tiny area along the Pacific slope of Guatemala and the southern tip of Oaxaca in Mexico. A. c. cyanura is found in eastern El salvador, southern Honduras (and a few scattered location further inland) and western Nicaragua.
Taxonomy
Two distinct subspecies are described (A. c. guatemalae to the north and west and A. c. cyanura to the south and east), which may be sufficiently different to consider them as different species. However the almost complete lack of knowledge of the biology of both species makes the taxonomic status difficult to determine. A. c. cyanura often hybridizes with the closely related Berryline Hummingbird Amazilia beryllina.
Habitat
Humid evergreem forest and edge, coffee plantations.
Behaviour
Tend to be found on fairly low vegetation either deep within forest or at forest edge. Sing from low bushes in open areas at forest edge. Several records from Costa Rica of the southern form A. c. cyanura suggest that it might be partially migratory.
Bird Song
External Links
A page on this species with photos can be found on http://tomjenner.com/mayanbirding/thebirds_blue_tail_humm.html
