Sparkling-tailed woodstar

Sparkling-tailed woodstar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Trochilidae
Genus:Tilmatura
L. Reichenbach, 1854
Species: T. dupontii
Binomial name
Tilmatura dupontii
(Lesson, 1832)

The sparkling-tailed woodstar (Tilmatura dupontii), also known as the sparkling-tailed hummingbird, is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and heavily degraded former forest.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Tilmatura dupontii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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