Sparkling-tailed Woodstar (Tilmatura dupontii)

Other Names (World)
Sparkling-tailed Woodstar, Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird, Dupont's Hummingbird

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
6.25 - 10.25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1832)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, dry forest. From 500 - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua.

Central and southern Mexico (central Sinaloa, M�xico and Veracruz to Chiapas) through highlands of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to northern Nicaragua.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Sparkling-tailed Woodstar (Tilmatura dupontii) [XC809109]
by Manuel Grosselet from Miguel Hidalgo (near Ciudad de M\u00e9xico), Ciudad de M\u00e9xico, Mexico (subsong)

Sparkling-tailed Woodstar (Tilmatura) [XC432185]
by Manuel Grosselet from Departamento de Lempira, Honduras (song)

Subspecies
Systematic position uncertain. Probably closely related to Calliphlox, and sometimes merged into an expanded version of this genus. Alternatively placed in Philodice.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Sparkling-tailed Woodstar (Tilmatura dupontii) - 10 files

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