Peruvian sheartail
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The Peruvian sheartail (Thaumastura cora) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is the only species placed in the genus Thaumastura. [3][4] It is found in Chile, Ecuador, and Peru.[5]
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Peruvian sheartail | |
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Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Mellisugini |
Genus: | Thaumastura Bonaparte, 1850 |
Species: | T. cora |
Binomial name | |
Thaumastura cora | |
Synonyms | |
Ornismya cora |
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