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Táchira emerald

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Táchira emerald
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Amazilia
Species:
A. distans
Binomial name
Amazilia distans
Wetmore & Phelps, 1956

The Táchira emerald (Amazilia distans) is a hummingbird described in 1956 by Alexander Wetmore and William Phelps as a new species from a specimen from Venezuela. It is now considered an intergeneric hybrid between the glittering-throated emerald (Amazilia fimbriata) and the white-chinned sapphire (Hylocharis cyanus).[1]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International. (2012). Species factsheet: Amazilia distans. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2012-10-08.