Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
Chrysolampis mosquitus(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
The Ruby-topaz Hummingbird (Chrysolampis mosquitus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: tropical eastern Panama to Colombia, Venezuela, eastern Bolivia, and BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chrysolampis mosquitus
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus Mosquitus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- 'In Indus'; error = Surinam by substitution of Berlepsch and Hartert, Nov. Zool., 9, 1902, p. 87, note.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.120
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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