Bronze-tailed comet

Bronze-tailed comet
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Polyonymus; Heine, 1863
Species:	P. caroli
Binomial name
	Polyonymus caroli; Bourcier, 1847

The bronze-tailed comet (Polyonymus caroli) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is monotypic within the genus Polyonymus.[2] It is endemic to scrub and forest-edge at altitudes of 2,100–3,400 m (6,900–11,200 ft) in the Andes of Peru.[3]

References

BirdLife International (2012). "Polyonymus caroli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
"ITIS Report: Polyonymus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
Schulenberg, Thomas S.; Stotz, Douglas F.; Lane, Daniel F.; O'Neill, John P.; Parker III, Theodore A. (2007). Birds of Peru. Princeton, NJ, USA: Princeton University Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-691-13023-1.

External links

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[IUCN-1] BirdLife International (2012). "Polyonymus caroli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[ITIS-2] "ITIS Report: Polyonymus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 August 2014.

[Schulenberg-3] Schulenberg, Thomas S.; Stotz, Douglas F.; Lane, Daniel F.; O'Neill, John P.; Parker III, Theodore A. (2007). Birds of Peru. Princeton, NJ, USA: Princeton University Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-691-13023-1.