Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (Campylopterus cuvierii) - HBW 5, p. 550

French: Colibri de Cuvier German: Schuppenbrustkolibri Spanish: Colibrí de Cuvier
Other common names: Cuvier’s Sabrewing, Cuvier’s (Scaly-breasted) Hummingbird; Robert’s Hummingbird (roberti)

Taxonomy: Trochilus Cuvierii DeLattre and Bourcier, 1846, east-central Panama.
Traditionally segregated in genus Phaeochroa, but the thickened, flattened shaft of the outer primary in adult male of this species is similar to that of other Campylopterus, and the coloration, behaviour and vocalizations of some of the dull-coloured, sexually monochromatic species of that genus also resemble present species. Race roberti sometimes given species status, based upon differences in bill and rectrix colour. Six subspecies normally recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

roberti (Salvin, 1861) - extreme SE Mexico, N Guatemala and Belize S on Caribbean slope to NE Costa Rica.
maculicauda (Griscom, 1932) - Pacific slope of Costa Rica.
furvescens Wetmore, 1967 - Pacific slope of W Panama.

See all 6 subspecies

roberti (Salvin, 1861) - extreme SE Mexico, N Guatemala and Belize S on Caribbean slope to NE Costa Rica.
maculicauda (Griscom, 1932) - Pacific slope of Costa Rica.
furvescens Wetmore, 1967 - Pacific slope of W Panama.
saturatior (Hartert, 1901) - Coiba I (Panama).
cuvierii (DeLattre & Bourcier, 1846) - E & C Panama.
berlepschi (Hellmayr, 1915) - coastal region of N Colombia.