Scissor-tailed Hummingbird
Hylonympha macrocercaGould, J, 1873
English (US) Scissor-tailed Hummingbird
The Scissor-tailed Hummingbird (Hylonympha macrocerca) 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: northeastern Venezuela (mountains of ParÃa Peninsula)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hylonympha macrocerca
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Scissor-tailed Hummingbird
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1873
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1873
- Type locality
- Locality not known.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.4, vol.12, no.71 p.429
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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