Brazilian ruby

The Brazilian ruby (Heliodoxa rubricauda) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to Brazil.

Brazilian ruby
female
male
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Heliantheini
Genus: Heliodoxa
Species:
H. rubricauda
Binomial name
Heliodoxa rubricauda
(Boddaert, 1783)
Synonyms

Clytolaema rubricauda (Gould, 1853)

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