Purple-throated woodstar
Appearance
Purple-throated woodstar | |
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Male | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Calliphlox |
Species: | C. mitchellii
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Binomial name | |
Calliphlox mitchellii (Bourcier, 1847)
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Synonyms | |
Philodice mitchellii |
The purple-throated woodstar (Calliphlox mitchellii) is a species of hummingbird, and it is one of the four Calliphlox species, the woodstars. The species is found in Colombia and Ecuador, and a minor localized population in Panama, 600 km from its main species distribution.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Calliphlox mitchellii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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External links
- Purple-throated Woodstar videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Purple-throated Woodstar photo gallery VIREO
- Photo; Article mindobirds.com