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Definition of Sheartail

Sheartail
Sheartail Shear"tail`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The common tern. (b) Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Thaumastura having a long forked tail.

Meaning of Sheartail from wikipedia

- Sheartail can refer to: hummingbirds in 2 genera, Calothorax and Doricha The Peruvian Sheartail This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated with...
- The Peruvian sheartail (Thaumastura cora) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is the...
- Mexico. The beautiful sheartail shares genus Calothorax with the Lucifer sheartail (C. lucifer). It is monotypic. The beautiful sheartail is 7.7 to 9 cm (3...
- The lucifer sheartail or lucifer hummingbird (Calothorax lucifer) is a medium-sized, 10 cm long, green hummingbird with a slightly curved bill and distinctive...
- The Mexican sheartail (Doricha eliza) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is endemic to Mexico. This is a tiny bird, weighing only...
- Mexico. The slender sheartail shares genus Doricha with the Mexican sheartail (D. eliza). It is monotypic. The male slender sheartail is 11 to 12.5 cm (4...
- with the Peruvian sheartail are possible threats, but this has not yet been proven. Hybridization with the much more numerous sheartail is another potential...
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- the black-chinned hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) and the lucifer sheartail (Calothorax lucifer). It is likely that migratory behaviour has evolved...
- 230 Slender sheartail Doricha enicura (Vieillot, 1818) 231 Mexican sheartail Doricha eliza (Lesson, RP & Delattre, 1839) 232 Lucifer sheartail Calothorax...