Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Peruvian Sheartail (Thaumastura cora) - HBW 5, p. 665

French: Colibri cora German: Corakolibri Spanish: Colibrí Cora
Other common names: Cora’s Sheartail

Taxonomy: Orthorhynchus Cora Lesson and Garnot, 1827, between Callao and Lima, western Peru.
Affinities of genus uncertain; external morphology indicates close relationship with Doricha, Tilmatura, Microstilbon and Rhodopis; genus sometimes merged into Calliphlox. Monotypic.

Distribution: W Peru (Piura and Lambayeque to Tacna) and N Chile (Arica). Single report from SW Ecuador (Loja).