Andean Emerald

Overview

Andean Emerald (Uranomitra franciae) is a species of Hummingbirds (Trochilidae) in the order Swifts and Hummingbirds.

Scientific Classification

Genus: Uranomitra; binomial: Uranomitra franciae; authority: (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846).

Distribution

Breeding range: South America.

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

An outlier to the phylogeny of Amazilia (McGuire et al. 2014), as well as being the only montane form and the only sexually dichromatic form, thus restored to monotypic genus Uranomitra (Stiles et al. 2017b; SACC 781).