Bronze-tailed Comet | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
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 Trochilidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Polyonymus. It is endemic to scrub and forest-edge at altitudes of 2,100-3,400 m. (6,900-11,150 ft) in the Andes of Peru.