Glow-throated hummingbird

Glow-throated hummingbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Selasphorus
Species: S. ardens
Binomial name
Selasphorus ardens
Salvin, 1870

The glow-throated hummingbird, colibri ardent, or colibrÍ ardiente (Selasphorus ardens) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is one of seven species in the genus Selasphorus.

It is endemic to Panama.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

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