Steely-vented Hummingbird
A species of Hummingbird Scientific name : Saucerottia saucerottei Genus : Hummingbird
Steely-vented Hummingbird, A species of Hummingbird
Botanical name: Saucerottia saucerottei
Genus: Hummingbird
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Description General Info
Photo By Nigel Voaden 
Description
The steely-vented hummingbird is 9 cm (3.5 in) long and weighs 4.5 g (0.16 oz). It is mainly bronze-green above, becoming more bronze on the wing, lower back and rump, and has a blue-black tail. The male has glittering green underparts, white thighs and a blue vent. The female is duller green below and has grey-buff edges to the vent feathers. Young birds are dull dark bronze-green below. The steely-vented hummingbird has a trilled descending chit call in South America, but the Blue-vented from Central America has a high sharp tsip. The male's song in Costa Rica is a buzzy bzz WEEP wup. 
Nest Placement
Tree
Dite type
Nectivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Behavior
The nest is a cup of plant down and cobwebs, decorated outside with lichen and placed on a small outside twig 2–7 m (6.6–23.0 ft) high in a small tree. The female alone incubates the two white eggs. This hummingbird feeds at many types of flowers, including epiphytes and Heliconias, and both sexes are aggressive and territorial, defending favoured areas.
Distribution Area
This hummingbird inhabits open woodland such as second growth, coffee plantations, gardens, savanna, and the edges and gaps of evergreen forests. It occurs from sea level up to 1,800 m (5,900 ft).
Photo By Nigel Voaden 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Swifts and hummingbirds Family
Hummingbirds Genus
Hummingbird Species
Steely-vented Hummingbird 
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