Inagua woodstar
The Inagua woodstar (Nesophlox lyrura) is a species of hummingbird. It was previously considered a subspecies of the Bahama woodstar before being split by the NACC of the AOU in 2015. It is endemic to Inagua in the Bahamas.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Nesophlox |
| Species: | N. lyrura |
| Binomial name | |
| Nesophlox lyrura (Gould, 1869) | |
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Nesophlox evelynae lyrura | |
Description
The bird itself is quite small, with long, forked tail feathers. Males have brilliant purple iridescent foreheads and throats, and females have orange on their flanks and edges of their tail feathers. Their calls are a series of harsh 'tit' or 'tit-it' notes. Males often use their tails as a percussive instrument in flight. [2]
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References
- BirdLife International (2019). "Nesophlox lyrura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "Inagua Woodstar". eBird. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- Feo, T. J., J. M. Musser, J. Berv, and C. J. Clark, Divergency in morphology, calls, song, mechanical sounds, and genetics supports species status for the Inaguan hummingbird (Trochilidae: Calliphlox "evelynae" lyrura) Auk: Ornithological Advances 132:248-264.
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