Dusky Hummingbird
Phaeoptila sordida(Gould, J, 1859)
English (US) Dusky Hummingbird
The Dusky Hummingbird (Phaeoptila sordida) 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: mountains of central Mexico (Michoacán to Oaxaca)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phaeoptila sordida
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Dusky Hummingbird
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1859)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cyanomyia (?) sordida
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1859)
- Type locality
- Oaxaca, Mexico.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.3, vol.4, no.20 p.97
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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