Scaly-breasted hummingbird

The scaly-breasted hummingbird (Phaeochroa cuvierii) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Phaeochroa.

Scaly-breasted hummingbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Trochilini
Genus: Phaeochroa
Gould, 1861
Species:
P. cuvierii
Binomial name
Phaeochroa cuvierii
(Delattre & Bourcier, 1846)
Range of P. cuvierii
Synonyms
  • Campylopterus cuvierii

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.

Subspecies

Six subspecies are recognized:[2]

  • P. c. roberti (Salvin, 1861) – southeast Mexico to northeast Costa Rica
  • P. c. maculicauda Griscom, 1932 – Pacific slope of Costa Rica
  • P. c. furvescens Wetmore, 1967 – Pacific slope of west Panama
  • P. c. saturatior (Hartert, 1901) – Coiba Island (Panama)
  • P. c. cuvierii (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) – east, central Panama
  • P. c. berlepschi Hellmayr, 1915 – north Colombia

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Phaeochroa cuvierii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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