Order
Caprimulgiformes
Family
Trochilidae
Genus
Amazilia
 
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Blue-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia cyanura

Marîa del Coro Arizmendi, Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, Carlos A. Soberanes-González, and Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published October 25, 2013

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Introduction

Blue-tailed Hummingbirds inhabit open woodlands, humid and dry pine or oak forests, second growth, edges, coffee plantations with trees, scrub, and clearings. They forage at all levels and are particularly fond of Inga flowers. The blue tail is certainly helpful in their identification, but Blue-tailed Hummingbirds are sometimes practically indistinguishable from Steely-vented Hummingbirds (Amazilia saucerrottei). In proper lighting, Blue-tailed Hummingbird shows rufous in the wings while Steely-vented does not.

Distribution of the Blue-tailed Hummingbird - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Blue-tailed Hummingbird

Recommended Citation

Arizmendi, M. d. C., C. I. Rodríguez-Flores, C. A. Soberanes-González, and T. S. Schulenberg (2013). Blue-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia cyanura), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.blthum1.01