White-eared hummingbird
| White-eared hummingbird | |
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| In Guatemala | |
| Showing chest and head feathers | |
CITES Appendix II
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Basilinna |
| Species: | B. leucotis
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| Binomial name | |
| Basilinna leucotis (Vieillot, 1818)
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| Synonyms | |
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Hylocharis leucotis | |
The white-eared hummingbird (Basilinna leucotis) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found from the southwestern U.S. to Nicaragua.