Blue-tailed Hummingbird
A species of Hummingbird Scientific name : Saucerottia cyanura Genus : Hummingbird
Blue-tailed Hummingbird, A species of Hummingbird
Botanical name: Saucerottia cyanura
Genus: Hummingbird
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Description General Info
Description
Saucerottia cyanura can reach a length of 9–10 millimetres (0.35–0.39 in). These hummingbirds show a metallic deep green plumage, a characteristic deep blue tail and in proper lighting chestnut or rufous wings. Rump and uppertail coverts are purplish. The bill is black. Females are duller than males and have a grayish belly, and less rufous wings. This species is very similar to steely-vented hummingbirds (Saucerottia saucerrottei) and to berylline hummingbirds (Saucerottia beryllina). 
Size
10 cm
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Blue-tailed Hummingbird primarily feed on nectar and small arthropods, exploiting their hovering ability to access flowers. Adapted to a varied diet, they exhibit specialized feeding times and techniques distinctive to their species.
Habitat
Blue-tailed Hummingbird thrive in a variety of habitats including secondary forests, edges of dense woodlands, agricultural plantations, scrublands, and forest clearings. These birds are typically associated with regions that feature a mix of open and wooded areas, which facilitate their foraging behavior. The species is adapted to landscapes that have undergone some degree of disturbance, which often creates the semi-open environments that these hummingbirds prefer.
Dite type
Nectivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Behavior
Saucerottia cyanura feed on nectar of many flowers, but especially of Inga flowers. It is also an agile flycatcher.
Distribution Area
This species can be found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and heavily degraded former forest. These hummingbirds can be found in humid and dry oak or pine forests, in open woodlands and in coffee plantations, at altitudes of 3,300 feet or lower.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Swifts and hummingbirds Family
Hummingbirds Genus
Hummingbird Species
Blue-tailed Hummingbird 
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