Rufous-throated sapphire
Rufous-throated sapphire | |
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female/immature male | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Amazilia |
Species: | A. sapphirina
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Binomial name | |
Amazilia sapphirina del Hoyo and Collar, 2014
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Synonyms | |
Hylocharis sapphirina (Gmelin, 1788) |
The rufous-throated sapphire (Amazilia sapphirina) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found at forest edge, savanna-like habitats and plantations in northern and central South America. Previously placed within Hylocharis, it now belongs to the Amazilia genus.[2]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Hylocharis sapphirina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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(help) - ^ BirdLife International (2014). Amazilia zapphirina del Hoyo, J. et al. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Birds of the Atlantic Forest
- Birds of the Guianas
- Birds of the Amazon Basin
- Birds of the Colombian Amazon
- Birds of the Ecuadorian Amazon
- Birds of the Peruvian Amazon
- Birds of the Venezuelan Amazon
- Birds of Paraguay
- Hummingbird species of South America
- Birds described in 2014
- Birds of Brazil
- Hummingbird stubs