Volcano hummingbird | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Selasphorus |
Species: | S. flammula
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Binomial name | |
Selasphorus flammula Salvin, 1865
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The volcano hummingbird (Selasphorus flammula) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.[3][4] This hummingbird is the one that appears on the 20 thousand colones bill from Costa Rica.