Sparkling-tailed Woodstar
Tilmatura dupontii(Lesson, RP, 1832)
English (US) Sparkling-tailed Woodstar
The Sparkling-tailed Woodstar (Tilmatura dupontii) 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: oak-pine highlands of western Mexico to northern NicaraguaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tilmatura dupontii
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sparkling-tailed Woodstar
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1832)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ornismya dupontii
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1832)
- Type locality
- Mexico.
- Original description
- Histoire naturelle des colibris, suivie d'un supplément à l'histoire naturelle des oiseaux-mouches p.100 pl.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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