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title: "Scaly-breasted Hummingbird"
description: "Phaeochroa cuvierii — Vogels. The scaly-breasted hummingbird or scaly-breasted sabrewing (Phaeochroa cuvierii) is a species of hummingbird in the \"emeralds\", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/scaly-breasted-hummingbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Scaly-breasted Hummingbird

> Phaeochroa cuvierii — Vogels. The scaly-breasted hummingbird or scaly-breasted sabrewing (Phaeochroa cuvierii) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae.

- Scientific name: *Phaeochroa cuvierii*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1532
- Wikidata: [Q387934](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q387934)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73194](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73194)

## Names

- en: Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
- de: Schuppenbrustkolibri
- es: Colibrí Pecho Escamoso
- fr: Colibri de Cuvier
- pl: Łuskowiaczek

## Countries with the most observations

CR (770), PA (221), BZ (60), MX (50), HN (49), NI (36), GT (20), CO (7)

## Summary

The scaly-breasted hummingbird or scaly-breasted sabrewing (Phaeochroa cuvierii) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaly-breasted_hummingbird

## Photo

![Scaly-breasted Hummingbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/scaly-breasted-hummingbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/234252864

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/scaly-breasted-hummingbird?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).