Green-tailed goldenthroat

The green-tailed goldenthroat (Polytmus theresiae) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, and possibly Ecuador.

Green-tailed goldenthroat

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Polytmus
Species:
P. theresiae
Binomial name
Polytmus theresiae
Range of Polytmus theresiae

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Polytmus theresiae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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