White-tailed Hummingbird
Eupherusa poliocercaElliot, DG, 1871
English (US) White-tailed Hummingbird
The White-tailed Hummingbird (Eupherusa poliocerca) 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: southern Mexico (Sierra Madre del Sur from Guerrero to western Oaxaca)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Eupherusa poliocerca
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- White-tailed Hummingbird
- Described by
- Elliot, DG, 1871
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Elliot, DG, 1871
- Type locality
- Putla, Oaxaca.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.4, vol.8, no.46 p.266
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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