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Apodiformes / Trochilidae / Saucerottia

Blue-tailed Hummingbird

Saucerottia cyanura

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blthum1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Saucerottia

Subspecies (3)

Saucerottia cyanura cyanura

southern Honduras to eastern El Salvador and northwestern Nicaragua
Saucerottia cyanura guatemalae

Pacific slope of southern Mexico (southeastern Chiapas) to southern Guatemala
Saucerottia cyanura impatiens

northwestern and central Costa Rica

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blthum1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.