Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Copper-tailed Hummingbird (Saucerottia cupreicauda) - HBW 5, p. 604
French: Ariane à queue cuivrée
German: Kupferschwanzamazilie
Spanish: Amazilia Colicobriza
Taxonomy: Amazilia cupreicauda Salvin and Godman, 1884, Mount Roraima, Guyana.
Genus usually merged into Amazilia. Forms a superspecies with S. viridigaster and S. tobaci; normally considered conspecific with former, but morphological differences, especially in coloration of rump, uppertail-coverts and rectrices, in addition to disjunct ranges, support their separation as two distinct species. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cupreicauda (Salvin & Godman, 1884) - highlands and tepuis of E Venezuela, Guyana and extreme N Brazil (Roraima).
- duidae Chapman, 1929 - S Venezuela.
- laireti (Phelps, Jr. & Aveledo, 1988) - extreme S Venezuela; possibly N Brazil.
- Least Concern
- No photographs available yet
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