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Sparkling tailed woodstar

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Tilmatura dupontii

Higher classification
  
Tilmatura

Order
  
Apodiformes

Family
  
Trochilidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

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Genus
  
Tilmatura L. Reichenbach, 1854

Similar
  
Violet‑capped hummingbird, Slender sheartail, Short‑tailed woodstar, Haplophaedia, Urosticte

The sparkling-tailed woodstar (Tilmatura dupontii), also known as the sparkling-tailed hummingbird, is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

References

Sparkling-tailed woodstar Wikipedia