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Scissor-tailed hummingbird

(Hylonympha macrocerca)

Description

The scissor-tailed hummingbird (Hylonympha macrocerca) is a bird species in the family Trochilidae,the only member of the genus Hylonympha.This species can be found only in Venezuela.It was formerly (2004) classified as a Vulnerable species by the IUCN.But new research has shown it to be rarer than it was believed.Consequently,it is uplisted to Endangered status in 2008.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Trochilidae
Genus:Hylonympha
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