Purple-throated Woodstar
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| Purple-throated Woodstar | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Calliphlox |
| Species: | C. mitchellii |
| Binomial name | |
| Calliphlox mitchellii (Bourcier, 1847) |
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Philodice mitchellii |
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The Purple-throated Woodstar, Calliphlox mitchellii, is a species of hummingbird, and it is one of the four Calliphlox genera, the woodstars. The species is found in Colombia and Ecuador, and a minor localized population in Panama, 600 km from its main species distribution.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Calliphlox mitchellii. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 17 December 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern.
[edit] External links
- Purple-throated Woodstar videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Purple-throated Woodstar photo gallery VIREO
- Photo; Article mindobirds.com
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