Spot-throated hummingbird

Spot-throated hummingbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Leucippus
Species: L. taczanowskii
Binomial name
Leucippus taczanowskii
(Sclater, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Agyrtria taczanowskii

The spot-throated hummingbird (Leucippus taczanowskii) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in northern Peru, with uncorroborated sightings from extreme south Ecuador.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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