Táchira emerald
Appearance
Táchira emerald | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Amazilia |
Species: | A. distans
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Binomial name | |
Amazilia distans |
The Táchira emerald (Amazilia distans) is a hummingbird described in 1956 by Alexander Wetmore and William Phelps as a new species from a specimen from Venezuela. It is now considered an intergeneric hybrid between the glittering-throated emerald (Amazilia fimbriata) and the white-chinned sapphire (Hylocharis cyanus).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International. (2012). Species factsheet: Amazilia distans. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2012-10-08.