Green-tailed goldenthroat

Green-tailed goldenthroat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Trochilidae
Genus:Polytmus
Species: P. theresiae
Binomial name
Polytmus theresiae
Da Silva Maia, 1843
Range of Polytmus theresiae

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.

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. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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