Blue-vented Hummingbird
Saucerottia hoffmanni(Cabanis, JL; Heine, F, 1860)
English (US) Blue-vented Hummingbird
The Blue-vented Hummingbird (Saucerottia hoffmanni) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: semiarid western Nicaragua to central Costa RicaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Saucerottia hoffmanni
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Blue-vented Hummingbird
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL; Heine, F, 1860)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hemithylaca Hoffmanni
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL; Heine, F, 1860)
- Type locality
- Costa Rica.
- Original description
- Museum Heineanum. Verzeichniss der orithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine 3 p.38
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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