Black-backed Thornbill

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Black-Backed Thornbill
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Ramphomicron
Species: R. dorsale
Binomial name
Ramphomicron dorsale
Salvin & Godman, 1880

The Black-Backed Thornbill (Ramphomicron dorsale) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found only in Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

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