Inagua Woodstar
Nesophlox lyrura(Gould, J, 1869)
English (US) Inagua Woodstar
The Inagua Woodstar (Nesophlox lyrura) 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: scrub, riparian areas, and gardens of Great and Little Inagua islands (southern Bahamas)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Nesophlox lyrura
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Inagua Woodstar
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1869)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Doricha lyrura
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1869)
- Type locality
- Inagua Island, Bahamas.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.4, vol.4, no.20 p.111,112
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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