Emerald-chinned hummingbird

The emerald-chinned hummingbird (Abeillia abeillei) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.It is the only species placed in the genus Abeillia. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and heavily degraded former forest.

Emerald-chinned hummingbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Trochilini
Genus: Abeillia
Bonaparte, 1850
Species:
A. abeillei
Binomial name
Abeillia abeillei
(Lesson & Delattre, 1839)
Subspecies

Abeillia abeillei abeillei
Abeillia abeillei aurea

Global range in green

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Abeillia abeillei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2014.


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