Scaly-breasted Hummingbird

Phaeochroa cuvierii

eBird provides this description for the Scaly-breasted Hummingbird:  Rather large, dull-plumaged hummingbird of humid tropical lowlands. Favors forest edge and adjacent clearings with trees, flowering bushes, and gardens. Best field marks are its large size and big white tail corners. Sexes look alike: dull greenish overall with medium-length, straightish black bill, dingy buffy belly, and white spot behind eye (like many hummingbirds). Breast is vaguely mottled and not obviously scaly.

I saw my first Scaly-breasted Hummingbird at Blackrock Lodge on the evening of November 20, 2024.  I stayed three nights at Black Rock on my own, since my group from The Texas Ornithological Society had to cut our trip to Belize short due to complications with Tropical Storm Sara.  There were several hummingbird feeders at or near the lodge, so I had a number of opportunities to watch this bird during my stay.  Below are a few of the photos I took.