Golden-crowned Emerald
Cynanthus auriceps(Gould, J, 1852)
English (US) Golden-crowned Emerald
The Golden-crowned Emerald (Cynanthus auriceps) 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: western Mexico (southern Sinaloa to Durango, Guerrero, and Oaxaca)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cynanthus auriceps
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Golden-crowned Emerald
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1852)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus (?) auriceps
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1852)
- Type locality
- Marico.
- Original description
- Contributions to ornithology 6 p.137
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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