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Marvelous spatuletail
Male
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Clade:
Strisores
Order:
Apodiformes
Family:
Trochilidae
Tribe:
Heliantheini
Genus:
Loddigesia Bonaparte, 1850
Species:
L. mirabilis
Binomial name
Loddigesia mirabilis
(Bourcier, 1847)
Distribution of Loddigesia mirabilis in Peru
The marvelous spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis) is an endangered species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to northern Peru.[3][4][1]
^ abBirdLife International (2016). "Marvelous Spatuletail Loddigesia mirabilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22688130A93183168. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22688130A93183168.en. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
^"Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (January 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List. v 12.1. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^HBW and BirdLife International (2020) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip [.xls zipped 1 MB]. Retrieved 27 May 2021
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