Scaly-breasted Hummingbird

Scaly-breasted HummingbirdA large hummingbird of Central America. Its bronze-green plumage has pale feather edges on the throat and breast that create a scaled look; it visits flowers and may catch insects in flight.What does it look like?Adults are bronze-green, with broad dull-buff edges on the throat, breast and flanks. The belly is grayish buff, and the tail corners are dull white.How does it live?A large hummingbird of Central America. Its bronze-green plumage has pale feather edges on the throat and breast that create a scaled look; it visits flowers and may catch insects in flight.It uses forest canopy and edges, partly open sites with scattered trees, mangroves and cacao plantations. Field observations recorded it feeding at flowering trees and catching small insects in flight.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.