Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (Campylopterus cuvierii)

Other Scientific Names
Phaeochroa cuvieri [AOU checklist (1998 + supplements)]

Other Names (World)
Scaly-breasted Sabrewing, Scaly-breasted Hummingbird, Cuvier's Sabrewing, Cuvier's Hummingbird, Cuvier's Scaly-breasted Hummingbird, Robert's Hummingbird (roberti)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
13.20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(DeLattre & Bourcier, 1846)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (63)...)

Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (Phaeochroa cuvierii) [XC278624]
by Jacob R. Saucier from Arenal Observatory Lodge, Fortuna, Costa Rica, Costa Rica (song)

Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (Phaeochroa cuvierii) [XC166407]
by Oscar Campbell from Estaci\u00f3n Biol\u00f3gica Las Cruces, San Vito de Coto Brus, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (song)

Subspecies
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. Subspecies roberti sometimes given species status, based upon differences in bill and rectrix colour.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

roberti (Salvin, 1861) - Extreme south-eastern Mexico, northern Guatemala and Belize southern on Caribbean slope to north-eastern Costa Rica.
maculicauda Griscom, 1932 - Pacific slope of Costa Rica.
furvescens Wetmore, 1967 - Pacific slope of western Panama.
saturatior (Hartert, 1901) - Coiba I (Panama).
cuvierii (DeLattre & Bourcier, 1846) - Eastern and central Panama.
berlepschi Hellmayr, 1915 - Coastal region of northern Colombia.

References
See References.

Files:

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