Order
Caprimulgiformes
Family
Trochilidae
Genus
Heliothryx
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
This is a historic version of this account.   Current version

Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti

Marîa del Coro Arizmendi, Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, Carlos A. Soberanes-González, and Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published November 15, 2013

References

Introduction

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Recommended Citation

Arizmendi, M. d. C., C. I. Rodríguez-Flores, C. A. Soberanes-González, and T. S. Schulenberg (2013). Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.pucfai1.01
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