| Lucifer sheartail | |
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| Male lucifer sheartail | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Calothorax |
| Species: | C. lucifer
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| Binomial name | |
| Calothorax lucifer (Swainson, 1827)
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breeding range Non-breeding range
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The lucifer sheartail or lucifer hummingbird (Calothorax lucifer) is a medium-sized, 10 cm long, green hummingbird with a slightly curved bill and distinctive outward flare of its gorget feathers. Its habitat is in high-altitude areas of northern Mexico and southwestern United States. It winters in central Mexico.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Calothorax lucifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22688185A93185872. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22688185A93185872.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.