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Golden-tailed sapphire

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Golden-tailed sapphire
male in eastern Ecuador
female C. o. oenone
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Chrysuronia
Bonaparte, 1850
Species:
C. oenone
Binomial name
Chrysuronia oenone
(Lesson, 1832)

The golden-tailed sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

Wildsumaco Lodge - Ecuador
Wildsumaco Lodge - Ecuador

Description

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Chrysuronia oenone". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)