Golden-tailed sapphire

Golden-tailed sapphire
female C. o. oenone
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Chrysuronia
Bonaparte, 1850
Species: C. oenone
Binomial name
Chrysuronia oenone
(Lesson, 1832)

The golden-tailed sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

Wildsumaco Lodge - Ecuador
Wildsumaco Lodge - Ecuador

Description

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.