Biology:Mountain velvetbreast
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Short description: Species of bird
| Mountain velvetbreast | |
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| Male in Yanacocha Reserve, Ecuador | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Lafresnaya Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Species: | L. lafresnayi
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| Binomial name | |
| Lafresnaya lafresnayi Boissonneau, 1840
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The mountain velvetbreast (Lafresnaya lafresnayi) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is the only member of its genus. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and heavily degraded former forest.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q946856 entry
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