Scintillant Hummingbird
Selasphorus scintilla(Gould, J, 1851)
English (US) Scintillant Hummingbird
The Scintillant Hummingbird (Selasphorus scintilla) 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: humid montane forest of Costa Rica and western PanamaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Selasphorus scintilla
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Scintillant Hummingbird
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1851)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus (Selosphorus) scintilla
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1851)
- Type locality
- Volcan de Chiriqui, 9000 feet, Panama.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.18, no.211 p.162
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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