page_title: Azure-crowned hummingbird
section_title: Subspecies
hierarchical_section_title: Azure-crowned hummingbird / Subspecies
caption_attribution_description: English: Taken at Lake Atitlan
context_page_description: The azure-crowned hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.
  It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
  Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The males have a metallic blue crown, while the females are identifiable by a more dull blue or greenish crown. It forages on arthropods as well as nectar from flowers. The species seems to be territorial based on how available resources are, and like most hummingbirds is likely polygamous. Its nests are generally cup shaped used from local resources, but in an urban setting the species has been known to even use objects such as telephone wires in its construction.
context_section_description: Saucerottia cyanocephala cyanocephala (Lesson, 1829)
  Saucerottia cyanocephala chlorostephana Howell, 1965
caption: Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
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