Described as 'drab' by "Birds of Costa Rica", and I think this photo captures that drabness.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D
Aperture Value
f/7
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Flash
Compulsory Flash
Focal Length
600 mm
ISO
400
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/170 sec
Date/Time
Tue 24 May 2011 02:41:32 PM EDT
English Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
Scientific (Phaeochroa cuvierii maculicauda)
Order APODIFORMES
Family (Latin) Trochilidae
Family (English) Hummingbirds
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions MA, SA
Breeding Range Subregions se Mexico to n Colombia
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Belize,Colombia,Costa Rica,Guatemala,Honduras,Mexico,Nicaragua,Panama,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
roberti se Mexico to ne Costa Rica
maculicauda Pacific slope of Costa Rica
furvescens Pacific slope of w Panama
saturatior Coiba I. (Panama)
cuvierii e, c Panama
berlepschi n Colombia
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846)
German Schuppenbrustkolibri
French Colibri de Cuvier
Chinese 鳞胸刀翅蜂鸟
Japanese セイガイハチドリ
Russian Чешуйчатогрудый колибри
Spanish Colibrí de Cuvier
Portuguese beija-flor-escamoso
Bird Data App text A medium-sized dull green hummingbird.
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)
EU 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)