Blue-tailed Hummingbird (Saucerottia cyanura)
About the Blue-tailed Hummingbird
The blue-tailed hummingbird (Saucerottia cyanura) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. The blue-tailed hummingbird was formerly placed in the genus Amazilia. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genus Amazilia was polyphyletic. In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, the blue-tailed hummingbird was moved by most taxonomic systems to the resurrected genus Saucerottia. However, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World retains it in Amazilia. Three subspecies are recognized, the nominate S. c. cyanura, S. c. guatemalae, and S. c. impatiens.
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Listed as recorded in Guatemala, Honduras in the xeno-canto catalogue.
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