Inagua woodstar

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.

Inagua woodstar

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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

References

  1. BirdLife International (2019). "Nesophlox lyrura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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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