Similar to Rufous-tailed Hummingbird but with distinct color change on belly. Appears smaller, and is common but more local and with smaller range.
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Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D
Aperture Value
f/8
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
-0.33 EV
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Flash
Compulsory Flash
Focal Length
600 mm
ISO
500
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/25 sec
Date/Time
Sat 01 May 2010 08:02:04 AM EDT
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72
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72
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English Snowy-bellied Hummingbird
Scientific (Saucerottia edward)
Order APODIFORMES
Family (Latin) Trochilidae
Family (English) Hummingbirds
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions MA
Breeding Range Subregions Costa Rica and Panama
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Colombia,Costa Rica,Panama,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
niveoventer sw Costa Rica, sw Panama and Coiba I.
edward ec Panama
collata c Panama
margaritarum e Panama and n Gulf of Panama is.
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846)
German Edwardamazilie
French Ariane d’Edward
Chinese 雪胸蜂鸟
Japanese シロムネエメラルドハチドリ
Russian Белобрюхая амазилия
Spanish Amazilia de Edward
Portuguese beija-flor-de-barriga-nívea
Bird Data App text
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)