Purple-crowned Fairy
Heliothryx barroti(Bourcier, J, 1843)
English (US) Purple-crowned Fairy
The Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti) 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: Gulf slope of southeastern Mexico to southwestern Ecuador (El Oro)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Heliothryx barroti
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Purple-crowned Fairy
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J, 1843)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus Barroti
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J, 1843)
- Type locality
- Cartagena, Colombia.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 6 p.72
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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