Bronze-tailed comet
| Bronze-tailed comet | |
|---|---|
| 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.[2] It is endemic to scrub and forest-edge at altitudes of 2,100–3,400 m (6,900–11,200 ft) in the Andes of Peru.[3]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Polyonymus caroli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "ITIS Report: Polyonymus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ↑ Schulenberg, Thomas S.; Stotz, Douglas F.; Lane, Daniel F.; O'Neill, John P.; Parker III, Theodore A. (2007). Birds of Peru. Princeton, NJ, USA: Princeton University Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-691-13023-1.
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