Short-tailed Woodstar Myrmia micrura Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Thomas S. Schulenberg and Carolyn W. Sedgwick
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 12, 2014
Text last updated December 12, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí cuacurt |
| Czech | kalypta krátkoocasá |
| Dutch | Kortstaartboself |
| English | Short-tailed Woodstar |
| English (United States) | Short-tailed Woodstar |
| French | Colibri à queue courte |
| French (France) | Colibri à queue courte |
| German | Kurzschwanzelfe |
| Japanese | チビオハチドリ |
| Norwegian | stumpstjertkolibri |
| Polish | lilipucik |
| Russian | Короткохвостый эльф |
| Slovak | čmeľovec krátkochvostý |
| Spanish | Colibrí Colicorto |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Estrellita Colicorta |
| Spanish (Peru) | Estrellita de Cola Corta |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí colicorto |
| Swedish | kortstjärtad skogsjuvel |
| Turkish | Kısa Kuyruklu Ormanyıldızı |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі куцохвостий |
Myrmia micrura (Gould, 1854)
PROTONYM:
Calothorax micrurus
Gould, 1854. A Monograph of the Trochilidæ, or Family of Humming-birds pt7, pl.2,text.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Peru.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MYRMIA
- micrura
- Micrura
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
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Distribution of the Short-tailed Woodstar
