Ruby-topaz hummingbird | |
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In Bonaire | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Subfamily: | Polytminae |
Genus: | Chrysolampis Boie, F, 1831 |
Species: | C. mosquitus
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Binomial name | |
Chrysolampis mosquitus | |
Synonyms | |
Trochilus mosquitus (protonym) |
The ruby-topaz hummingbird (Chrysolampis mosquitus), commonly referred to simply as the ruby topaz, is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae, the mangoes. It is found in Aruba, Bolivia, Bonaire, Brazil, Colombia, Curaçao, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.[3][4][5]