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Seeing Azure-crowned Hummingbird in Guatemala
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Azure-crowned Hummingbird showing its azure crown slightly powdered with pollen
Azure-crowned Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanocephala showing its azure crown slightly powdered with pollen, seen in the highlands of Guatemala.

Azure-crowned Hummingbird (Saucerottia cyanocephala, formerly Amazilia cyanocephala) ranges from central Mexico to Nicaragua. In Guatemala, it is common in the highlands where it occurs in pine-oak-forest, along cloud forest edge, as well as in gardens, plantations, and urban areas.

Azure-crowned Hummingbird
Azure-crowned Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanocephala in the highlands of Guatemala.

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Photographs of Azure-crowned Hummingbird seen during CAYAYA BIRDING tours in Guatemala

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Video of Azure-crowned Hummingbird seen during CAYAYA BIRDING tours in Guatemala

Azure-crowned Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanocephala showing off its blue crown.

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freshly molted Azure-crowned Hummingbird
A freshly molted Azure-crowned Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanocephala in the highlands of Guatemala.

Contributions by Knut Eisermann and Claudia Avendaño of CAYAYA BIRDING to the knowledge about Azure-crowned Hummingbird

  • Eisermann, K., C. Avendaño & P. Tanimoto (2013). Birds of the Cerro El Amay Important Bird Area, Quiché, Guatemala. Cotinga 35: 81-93.
  • Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño (2007) Lista comentada de las aves de Guatemala - Annotated checklist of the birds of Guatemala. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño (2006) Diversidad de aves en Guatemala, con una lista bibliográfica. Pp. 525-623 In: E. Cano (ed.) Biodiversidad de Guatemala, Vol. 1. Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala.
  • More about our bird research in Guatemala.
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