Blue-vented hummingbird
Appearance
Blue-vented hummingbird | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Saucerottia |
Species: | S. hoffmanni
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Binomial name | |
Saucerottia hoffmanni |
The blue-vented hummingbird (Saucerottia hoffmanni) is a bird in the family Trochilidae. Some taxonomic authorities consider it conspecific with the steely-vented hummingbird (Saucerottia saucerottei), while others consider it distinct. It is found from western Nicaragua to central Costa Rica.