Violet-crowned hummingbird | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Ramosomyia |
Species: | R. violiceps
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Binomial name | |
Ramosomyia violiceps (Gould, 1859)
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Synonyms | |
Cyanomyia violiceps, Leucolia violiceps, Amazilia violiceps |
The violet-crowned hummingbird (Ramosomyia violiceps) is a hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Mexico and the southwestern United States.[3][4]