Scintillant Hummingbird Selasphorus scintilla Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Monotypic
Christopher J. Clark
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 10, 2011
Text last updated February 10, 2011
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí llampant |
| Czech | kalypta jiskřivá |
| Dutch | Fonkelkolibrie |
| English | Scintillant Hummingbird |
| English (United States) | Scintillant Hummingbird |
| French | Colibri scintillant |
| French (France) | Colibri scintillant |
| German | Orangekehlelfe |
| Japanese | コスタリカノドジロフトオハチドリ |
| Norwegian | gnistkolibri |
| Polish | rudaczek malutki |
| Russian | Искристый колибри |
| Serbian | Iskričasti kolibri |
| Slovak | čmeľovec iskrička |
| Spanish | Colibrí Centelleante |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Colibrí Chispita Gorginaranja |
| Spanish (Panama) | Estrella Centelleante |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí centelleante |
| Swedish | glitterkolibri |
| Turkish | Kıvılcımlı Kolibri |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі-крихітка іскристий |
Selasphorus scintilla (Gould, 1851)
PROTONYM:
Trochilus (Selosphorus) scintilla
Gould, 1851. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 18 (1850), no.211, p. 162.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Volcan de Chiriqui, 9000 feet, Panama.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- SELASPHORUS
- scintilla
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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)
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Distribution of the Scintillant Hummingbird
