Snowcap

This article is about the hummingbird. For other uses, see Snow cap.

Snowcap
male
female
CITES Appendix II 
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Microchera
Species:
M. albocoronata
Binomial name
Microchera albocoronata
(Lawrence, 1855)
Subspecies
  • M. a. albocoronata (Lawrence, 1855)
  • M. a. parvirostris (Lawrence, 1865)

The snowcap (Microchera albocoronata) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.

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