Purple-chested hummingbird

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Purple-chested hummingbird

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Polyerata
Species:
P. rosenbergi
Binomial name
Polyerata rosenbergi
Boucard, 1895

The purple-chested hummingbird (Polyerata rosenbergi) is a species of

Trochilidae
. It is found in
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
and heavily degraded former forest. It is commonly hunted for the supposed medicinal properties of its beak by indigenous peoples in the area.

Taxonomy

This species was formerly placed in the genus

monophyletic genera, the purple-chested hummingbird was moved to the resurrected genus Polyerata.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Amazilia rosenbergi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. PMID 24704078
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  4. PMID 29245495
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  5. Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds"
    . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 January 2020.


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