- Blue-capped Hummingbird
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Blue-Capped Hummingbird (female) Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae Genus: Eupherusa Species: E. cyanophrys Binomial name Eupherusa cyanophrys
Rowley & Orr, 1964The Blue-capped Hummingbird or Oaxaca Hummingbird (Eupherusa cyanophrys) is a species of hummingbird endemic to subtropical moist forest in the southernmost portion of the Sierra Madre del Sur in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Its tiny range is threatened by habitat loss.
Like White-tailed Hummingbird, it is sometimes considered a subspecies of the more widespread Stripe-tailed Hummingbird.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Eupherusa cyanophrys. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
External links
Categories:- IUCN Red List endangered species
- Trochilidae
- Apodiformes stubs
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