Blue-headed hummingbird
| Blue-headed hummingbird | |
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| Blue-headed hummingbird in Morne Diablotins National Park, Dominica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Cyanophaia L. Reichenbach, 1854 |
| Species: | C. bicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyanophaia bicolor (Gmelin, 1788) | |
The blue-headed hummingbird (Cyanophaia bicolor) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.
It is found only in Dominica and Martinique.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Cyanophaia bicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Stamps (for Dominica, France)
- Blue-headed hummingbird photo gallery VIREO
- Photo-High Res Oiseaux
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