Biology:Flame-rumped sapphire
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Short description: Species of bird
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 Salvin & Godman, 1881
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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.
Wikidata ☰ Q5457120 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame-rumped sapphire.
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