Saucerottia tobaci
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In 3 days >90%
The copper-rumped hummingbird (Saucerottia tobaci) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Tobago, Trinidad, Venezuela, and possibly Grenada. The copper-rumped hummingbird was formally described in 1788 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with all the other hummingbirds in the genus Trochilus and coined the binomial name Trochilus tobaci. Gmelin based his description on the "Tobago Humming-Bird" that had been described in 1782 by the English ornithologist John Latham in his A General Synopsis of Birds. The copper-rumped hummingbird was formerly placed in the genus Amazilia. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genus Amazilia was polyphyletic. In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, the copper-rumped hummingbird was moved by most taxonomic systems to the resurrected genus Saucerottia. However, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) retains it in Amazilia.
The genus Saucerottia had been introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 3 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Copper-rumped Hummingbird sighting in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 728 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 7th most-seen of the 103 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Copper-rumped Hummingbird in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, against about 50% in May and June, the lowest months. That is one of Main Ridge Forest Reserve's driest months, with about 80 mm of rain against 230 mm in October.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Copper-rumped Hummingbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Copper-rumped Hummingbird sightings, Main Ridge Forest Reserve has the highest daily chance: about 70%. Next come Henri Pittier National Park (Venezuela, about 20%) and Caroni Swamp (Trinidad and Tobago, about 10%).
Same family: Trochilidae
The closest relatives of the Copper-rumped Hummingbird that you can see in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (family Trochilidae, Hummingbirds) are Rufous-breasted Hermit (about 70%), White-tailed Sabrewing (about 70%) and White-necked Jacobin (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Copper-rumped Hummingbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (728 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
