Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Copper-rumped Hummingbird (Saucerottia tobaci) - HBW 5, p. 605

French: Ariane de Félicie German: Kupferbürzelamazilie Spanish: Amazilia de Tobago
Other common names: Common Emerald

Taxonomy: Trochilus Tobaci J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Tobago.
Genus usually merged into Amazilia. Forms a superspecies with S. viridigaster and S. cupreicauda. Proposed race apurensis most probably falls within individual variation of race feliciae. A specimen said to have been taken on Grenada, and described as “S. wellsi”, has alternatively been treated as a vagrant of nominate race; however, its true origin appears dubious. Seven subspecies recognized.

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