Short-tailed Woodstar
Myrmia micrura(Gould, J, 1854)
English (US) Short-tailed Woodstar
The Short-tailed Woodstar (Myrmia micrura) 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: arid scrub of southwestern Ecuador and northwestern PeruRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Myrmia micrura
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Short-tailed Woodstar
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1854)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Calothorax micrurus
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1854)
- Type locality
- Peru.
- Original description
- A Monograph of the Trochilidæ, or Family of Humming-birds pt7 pl.2,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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