Buffy Hummingbird
Leucippus fallax(Bourcier, J, 1843)
English (US) Buffy Hummingbird
The Buffy Hummingbird (Leucippus fallax) 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: coastal northeastern Colombia, and coastal Venezuela including islas La Tortuga and MargaritaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Leucippus fallax
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Buffy Hummingbird
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J, 1843)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus fallax
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J, 1843)
- Type locality
- Caracas, Venezuela.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 6 p.103
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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