Oasis hummingbird

The oasis hummingbird (Rhodopis vesper) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is the only species placed in the genus Rhodopis. It is found in Chile and Peru

Oasis hummingbird
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Mellisugini
Genus: Rhodopis
Reichenbach, 1854
Species:
R. vesper
Binomial name
Rhodopis vesper
(Lesson, 1829)
In green, The distribution of this species.
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