Purple-collared woodstar

The purple-collared woodstar (Myrtis fanny) is a species of hummingbird found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest. It is the only species of the genus Myrtis.

Purple-collared woodstar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Mellisugini
Genus: Myrtis
Reichenbach, 1854
Species:
M. fanny
Binomial name
Myrtis fanny
Lesson, 1838
Distribution of Myrtis fanny

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Myrtis fanny". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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