Purple-chested Hummingbird
Polyerata rosenbergiBoucard, A, 1895
English (US) Purple-chested Hummingbird
The Purple-chested Hummingbird (Polyerata rosenbergi) 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: Pacific lowlands of western Colombia and northwestern EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Polyerata rosenbergi
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Purple-chested Hummingbird
- Described by
- Boucard, A, 1895
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Boucard, A, 1895
- Type locality
- Rfo Dagua, Colombia.
- Original description
- Genera of humming birds. Being also a complete monograph of these birds p.399
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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