Blue-tailed Hummingbird
Saucerottia cyanura
An adult Blue-tailed Hummingbird lives around humid woodland, forest borders, plantations, and flower-rich clearings in Central America. It feeds mainly on nectar taken while hovering, and supplements that sugar-rich diet with small insects and spiders. Adults are agile and territorial, often chasing intruders with sharp calls, rapid turns, and short dives. Its blue tail is a notable field mark that flashes as it twists through vegetation.
- Type
- Wing
- Conservation status
- LC
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- Blue-tailed Hummingbird