Fiery topaz
| Fiery topaz | |
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| Male in Acre, Brazil | |
CITES Appendix II
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Topaza |
| Species: | T. pyra
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| Binomial name | |
| Topaza pyra (Gould, 1846)
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The fiery topaz (Topaza pyra) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It has brilliant iridescent plumage and resides in northern South America, where it consumes nectar and insects.