Chalcostigma purpureicauda Hartert, 1898:28

Purple-tailed thornbill

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Metallura purpureicauda (Hartert, 1898:28)

Hybrid

Conservation Status

Invalid (hybrid)

Distribution

"Bogotá" (trade skin)

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Hartert, Ernst. (1918). "exhibited a new Humming-bird". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 7: 28-29.

Other references:

Berloioz (1951)

Cory (1918)

Fjeldså, J. and Krabbe, N. (1990). Birds of the high Andes. Svendborg, Denmark.

Meyer de Schauensee R. (1966). The species of birds of South America and their distribution. Narbeth, Pennsylvania: Livingston Publishing Co.

Peters, James Lee. (1945). Check-list of birds of the world. Volume 5. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

Schuchmann. K.-L. (1999). Family Trochilidae (hummingbirds), pp. 468-680. In: del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. and Sargatal, J. (eds.). Handbook of the birds of the world, vol 5: barn-owls to hummingbirds. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.

Sibley, C. G. and Monroe, B. L. (1990). Distribution and taxonomy of the birds of the world. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

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