White-tailed hummingbird
The white-tailed hummingbird (Eupherusa poliocerca) is a species of hummingbird endemic to subtropical moist forest in the westernmost portion of the Sierra Madre del Sur in Guerrero and extreme western Oaxaca, Mexico. Its tiny range is threatened by habitat loss.
| White-tailed hummingbird | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Eupherusa |
| Species: | E. poliocerca |
| Binomial name | |
| Eupherusa poliocerca Elliot, 1871 | |
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As is Oaxaca hummingbird, it is sometimes considered a subspecies of the more widespread stripe-tailed hummingbird.
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Eupherusa poliocerca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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