| Buffy hummingbird | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Trochilini |
| Genus: | Leucippus Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Species: | L. fallax
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucippus fallax (Bourcier, 1843)
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The buffy hummingbird (Leucippus fallax) is a species of bird in the hummingbird family Trochilidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Leucippus. This bird lives in dry forest and scrubland in northern South America where it feeds on insects and the nectar, flesh, and juice of cactus fruits.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Leucippus fallax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22687491A130121189. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22687491A130121189.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.