Elvira (genus)

Elvira (genus)

Taxobox
name = " Elvira "
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Apodiformes
familia = Trochilidae
genus = " Elvira "
genus_authority = Mulsant,
J. Verreaux &
E. Verreaux, 1866
subdivision_ranks = species
subdivision = "E. chionura "
"E. cupreiceps "

"Elvira" is a genus of hummingbirds. It consists of two small species.They are:
*White-tailed Emerald, "Elvira chionura"
*Coppery-headed Emerald, "Elvira cupreiceps"Coppery-headed Emerald is endemic to Costa Rica, but White-tailed Emerald also breeds in neighbouring Panama.

References:

*Stiles and Skutch, "A guide to the birds of Costa Rica" ISBN 0-0814-9600-4


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