Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Oaxaca Hummingbird (Eupherusa cyanophrys) - HBW 5, p. 579
French: Colibri d’Oaxaca
German: Blauscheitelkolibri
Spanish: Colibrí Oaxaqueño
Other common names: Blue-capped Hummingbird
Taxonomy: Eupherusa cyanophrys Rowley and Orr, 1964, 11 miles [c. 18 km] south of Juchatengo, south-western Oaxaca, Mexico.
Forms a superspecies with E. poliocerca and E. eximia; sometimes regarded as a race of former, but morphological differences justify status as separate full species. Monotypic.
Distribution: Mountains of S Oaxaca (SC Mexico).
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A bird feeding on flowers, showing at the end the mostly white tail feathers (except the two central rectrices, which are greyis Locality La Soledad, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 April 2009 2 years ago 55 sec 3.7 -
A bird feeding on flowers, showing the white undertail and the rufous secondaries. Locality La Soledad, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 April 2009 2 years ago 29 sec 3
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a male Blue-capped Hummingbird spreading its tail
Locality La Soledad, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Michael Retter 1 November 2005 2 years ago 4 -
Blue-capped Hummingbird at La Soledad.
Locality La Soledad, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Regis Nossent 9 January 2007 22 weeks ago 3.3
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