Hummingbirds

Scaly-breasted Hummingbird

Campylopterus cuvierii

The Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (Campylopterus cuvierii) is an 8.9 g town and farmland bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

8.9 g

Habitat

Human Modified

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

8

Recorded in Costa Rica, Belize, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Colombia.

Where to see it: Arenal Observatory Lodge (Costa Rica); Black Rock Lodge (Belize); Chan Chich Lodge (Belize); Estación Biológica La Selva-OTS (Costa Rica); PN Tikal · sitio arqueológico (Guatemala).

Photo: (c) Trevor Van Loon, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist