Short-tailed woodstar
| Short-tailed woodstar | |
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| Myrmia micrura - Short-tailed Woodstar (song) | |
CITES Appendix II
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Mellisugini |
| Genus: | Myrmia Mulsant, 1876 |
| Species: | M. micrura
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| Binomial name | |
| Myrmia micrura (Gould, 1854)
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| Synonyms | |
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Calothorax micrurus | |
The short-tailed woodstar (Myrmia micrura) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is the only species placed in the genus Myrmia. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.