Scaly-breasted hummingbird

Scaly-breasted hummingbird
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Phaeochroa Gould, 1861
Species:	P. cuvierii
Binomial name
Phaeochroa cuvierii (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846)
Range of P. cuvierii
Synonyms
Campylopterus cuvierii

The scaly-breasted hummingbird (Phaeochroa cuvierii) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is monotypic for its genus.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognized:

• Phaeochroa cuvierii berlepschi (Hellmayr, 1915)
• Phaeochroa cuvierii cuvierii (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846)
• Phaeochroa cuvierii furvescens (Wetmore, 1967)
• Phaeochroa cuvierii maculicauda (Griscom, 1932)
• Phaeochroa cuvierii roberti (Salvin, 1861)
• Phaeochroa cuvierii saturatior (Hartert, 1901)