Sparkling-tailed woodstar
The sparkling-tailed woodstar (Tilmatura dupontii), also known as the sparkling-tailed hummingbird, is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is the only species placed in the genus Tilmatura. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
| Sparkling-tailed woodstar | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Mellisugini |
| Genus: | Tilmatura Reichenbach, 1854 |
| Species: | T. dupontii |
| Binomial name | |
| Tilmatura dupontii (Lesson, RP, 1832) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ornismya dupontii | |
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