Hummingbirds

Steely-vented Hummingbird

Amazilia saucerottei

The Steely-vented Hummingbird (Amazilia saucerottei) is a 4.5 g scrub bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

4.5 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

3

Recorded in Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica.

Where to see it: Hotel Tinamú Birding Nature Reserve (Colombia); Via Escuque-La Palma—Sector Campo Alegre y Areas Circunvecinas (Venezuela); RN Laguna de Sonso (Colombia); Alto Anchicayá - El Descanso (Doña Dora) (Colombia); Reserva Ecológica Río Blanco · Lodge (Colombia).

Photo: (c) Álvaro Rivas Godin, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist