''Ramphomicron'' is a genus of
hummingbird
Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. With about 361 species and 113 genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but the vast majority of the species are found in the tropics aro ...
in the family
Trochilidae
Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. With about 361 species and 113 genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but the vast majority of the species are found in the tropics arou ...
.
It contains two species:
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Black-backed thornbill
The black-backed thornbill (''Ramphomicron dorsale'') is an Endangered species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of northern Colombia.HBW and BirdLife In ...
(''Ramphomicron dorsale'')
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Purple-backed thornbill
The purple-backed thornbill (''Ramphomicron microrhynchum'') is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.HBW and BirdLife International (2 ...
(''Ramphomicron microrhynchum'')
References
Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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