Blue-tufted starthroat

Blue-tufted starthroat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Heliomaster
Species: H. furcifer
Binomial name
Heliomaster furcifer
(Shaw, 1812)

The blue-tufted starthroat (Heliomaster furcifer) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and possibly Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and dry savanna.

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