Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Sparkling-tailed Woodstar (Tilmatura dupontii) - HBW 5, p. 667
French: Colibri zémès
German: Blaukehl-Sternkolibri
Spanish: Colibrí de Dupont
Other common names: Sparkling-tailed/Dupont’s Hummingbird
Taxonomy: Ornismya dupontii Lesson, 1832, Mexico.
Systematic position uncertain; probably closely related to Calliphlox, and sometimes merged into an expanded version of this genus; alternatively placed in Philodice. Monotypic.
Distribution: C & S Mexico (C Sinaloa, México and Veracruz to Chiapas) through highlands of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to N Nicaragua.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female perched, showing confort behaviour and then flying away. Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 2 years ago 58 sec 4.5 -
A female feeding on nectar. Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 2 years ago 27 sec 3
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An adult male at a feeder.
Locality San Pedro La Laguna, Sololá Department, Guatemala
mayancarol 11 October 2008 3 years ago 3.7 -
A ventral view of a female on a branch.
Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 2 years ago 3.3
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