Sapphire-bellied hummingbird

Sapphire-bellied hummingbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Trochilidae
Genus:Lepidopyga
Species: L. lilliae
Binomial name
Lepidopyga lilliae
Stone, 1917

The sapphire-bellied hummingbird (Lepidopyga lilliae) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

Description

It has bright plumage, with blue undersides and green uppersides and black wings. The forked tail is blue-black. It is found only in Colombia. The species is endemic to the Atlantic coasts. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical mangrove forest and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2013). "Lepidopyga lilliae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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