Snowy-bellied Hummingbird
A species of Hummingbird Scientific name : Saucerottia edward Genus : Hummingbird
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird, A species of Hummingbird
Botanical name: Saucerottia edward
Genus: Hummingbird
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Description General Info
Photo By Francesco Veronesi , used under CC-BY-SA-2.0 /Cropped and compressed from original 
Description
A small hummingbird, the snowy-bellied measures just 10 cm (3.9 in). Head and upper chest are metallic green. Lower chest and belly are pure white. Back and rump are metallic copper. The tail is generally coppery in the eastern population and blue-black in the western population. 
Size
11 cm
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird forages from the understory to the canopy, favoring food plants, trees, and shrubs. Snowy-bellied Hummingbird consumes nectar from various flowers, including introduced species, and supplements its diet with arthropods like small spiders, flies, and Hymenoptera.
Habitat
Semi-open habitats and savannas with scrub, scattered trees, open woodland, clearings, forest edges, second growth, coffee plantations, flowery thickets, gardens, roadsides, around El Valle in areas with low, woody-stemmed herbs, abandoned fields with low bushes at 500–850 m, semi-open to open habitats, abandoned fields, mangrove swamps, along small streams, mainland rainforest
Dite type
Nectivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Swifts and hummingbirds Family
Hummingbirds Genus
Hummingbird Species
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird 
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