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 Trochilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

Description

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

References

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