Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Blue-tailed Hummingbird (Saucerottia cyanura) - HBW 5, p. 604
French: Ariane à queue bleue
German: Blauschwanzamazilie
Spanish: Amazilia Coliazul
Taxonomy: Amazilia cyanura Gould, 1859, Realejo, Nicaragua.
Genus usually merged into Amazilia. Forms a superspecies with S. beryllina; reports of hybridization in a small zone of sympatry in Guatemala and El Salvador seem to be unproven, and may be erroneously based on variable tail coloration of that species. In recent literature only two races have been recognized, with impatiens from Costa Rica ignored, perhaps because only two specimens exist; however, morphological characters indicate that it should be considered valid. Races show highly disjunct distribution. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- guatemalae Dearborn, 1907 - SE Mexico (SE Chiapas) to S Guatemala.
- cyanura (Gould, 1859) - S Honduras, E El Salvador and NW Nicaragua.
- impatiens Bangs, 1906 - NW & C Costa Rica.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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bird perched Locality Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Suchitepéquez Department, Guatemala
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2013 11 weeks ago 38 sec 4.2 -
A bird perched and flying away repeatedly Locality Nosara, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica (ssp impatiens)
Max Roth 28 February 2001 7 years ago 32 sec 4.1 -
bird perched Locality Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Suchitepéquez Department, Guatemala
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2012 11 weeks ago 45 sec 3.5 -
A bird in a tree, feeding on nectar. Locality Loma Real Hotel, Tapachula, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp guatemalae)
Josep del Hoyo 5 April 2009 3 years ago 29 sec 3.3
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