Inagua woodstar

Inagua woodstar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Trochilidae
Genus:Calliphlox
Species: C. lyrura
Binomial name
Calliphlox lyrura
(Gould, 1869)
Synonyms

Calliphlox evelynae lyrura

The Inagua woodstar (Calliphlox 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.

References

    • 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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