Long-tailed sabrewing
Long-tailed sabrewing | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Pampa |
Species: | P. excellens
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Binomial name | |
Pampa excellens Wetmore, 1941
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The long-tailed sabrewing (Pampa excellens) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is often considered a subspecies of the wedge-tailed sabrewing, but is larger and longer-tailed. It is endemic to humid forest in the region around the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Mexico. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Campylopterus excellens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Pampa (bird)
- Endemic birds of Southern Mexico
- Birds of Mexico
- Birds described in 1941
- Taxa named by Alexander Wetmore
- Hummingbird stubs