Flame-rumped sapphire
Appearance
Flame-rumped sapphire | |
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Scientific classification (disputed) | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Hylocharis |
Species: | H. pyropygia
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Binomial name | |
Hylocharis pyropygia |
The flame-rumped sapphire (Hylocharis pyropygia) is a doubtfully valid species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae known only from Brazil. Today few authorities accept it as valid, instead believing it represents a hybrid between Chlorostilbon lucidus and Hylocharis cyanus.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.