Copper-rumped Hummingbird (Saucerottia tobaci) | Photos, Calls and ID

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What the Copper-rumped Hummingbird sounds like

Sonogram of the Copper-rumped Hummingbird: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Rosa Elena Albornoz @rosaelena_naturaleza · Song · San Antonio De Los Altos (near Parroquia Macarao), Los Salias, Miranda, Venezuela · CC0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The copper-rumped hummingbird is 9 to 11 cm (3.5 to 4.3 in) long. Males weigh 4.6 to 4.7 g (0.16 to 0.17 oz) and females 3.5 to 4.2 g (0.12 to 0.15 oz). The nominate subspecies S. t. tobaci is the largest. Both sexes of all subspecies have a straight, medium length, blackish bill with a pinkish base to the mandible. Males of S. t. tobaci have bronze-green upperparts with purple-red uppertail coverts. They have dark golden-green underparts with reddish brown undertail coverts. Their tail is purplish black. Voice: The copper-rumped hummingbird's song is "a repeated phrase of three buzzy or squeaky, well-spaced notes 'tee-dee-dew' or 'tee-dzee-djit'." It also makes "high-pitched descending rattles" when foraging.

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When to see the Copper-rumped Hummingbird

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Copper-rumped Hummingbird

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Venezuela Trinidad & Tobago

About the Copper-rumped Hummingbird

The copper-rumped hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Tobago, Trinidad, Venezuela, and possibly Grenada.

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Easily confused with

Snowy-bellied HummingbirdSaucerottia edwardThe snowy-bellied hummingbird is 8 to 11 cm (3.1 to 4.3 in) long.

Blue-vented HummingbirdSaucerottia hoffmanniThe blue-vented hummingbird is 8 to 11 cm (3.1 to 4.3 in) long and weighs an average of 4.45 g (0.16 oz).

Indigo-capped HummingbirdSaucerottia cyanifronsThe indigo-capped hummingbird is 7 to 10 cm (2.8 to 3.9 in) long and weighs about 5 g (0.18 oz).

Side by side: Blue-vented Hummingbird vs Copper-rumped Hummingbird · Copper-rumped Hummingbird vs Snowy-bellied Hummingbird · Copper-rumped Hummingbird vs Indigo-capped Hummingbird

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