Biology:Bronze-tailed comet

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Short description: Species of bird

Bronze-tailed comet
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Polyonymus
Heine, 1863
Species:
P. caroli
Binomial name
Polyonymus caroli
Bourcier, 1847

The bronze-tailed comet (Polyonymus caroli) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is monotypic within the genus Polyonymus.[1] It is endemic to scrub and forest-edge at altitudes of 2,100–3,400 m (6,900–11,200 ft) in the Andes of Peru.[2]

References

  1. "ITIS Report: Polyonymus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=553726. Retrieved 4 August 2014. 
  2. Schulenberg, Thomas S.; Stotz, Douglas F.; Lane, Daniel F.; O'Neill, John P.; Parker III, Theodore A. (2007). Birds of Peru. Princeton, NJ, USA: Princeton University Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-691-13023-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=yFuWUc7l0uQC&pg=PA242. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q849989 entry