Short-tailed woodstar
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Short-tailed woodstar | |
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Myrmia micrura - Short-tailed Woodstar (song) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Mellisugini |
Genus: | Myrmia Mulsant, 1876 |
Species: | M. micrura |
Binomial name | |
Myrmia micrura (Gould, 1854) | |
Synonyms | |
Calothorax micrurus[3] |
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The short-tailed woodstar (Myrmia micrura) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is the only species placed in the genus Myrmia. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.[4][5]