Butterfly coquette
The butterfly coquette (Lophornis verreauxii) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.[1] It is found in northwestern South America, the region of the western Amazon Basin, in the countries of northwest Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru. To the southeast it is found in adjacent Bolivia. It was recently split from the festive coquette.
| Butterfly coquette | |
|---|---|
 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Lophornis |
| Species: | L. verreauxii |
| Binomial name | |
| Lophornis verreauxii Bourcier, 1853 | |
References
- BirdLife International 2016. Lophornis verreauxii . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22726690A94929528. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22726690A94929528.en. Downloaded on 27 January 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.