Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Moyobamba, San Martin
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Moyobamba, San Martin
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Moyobamba, San Martin
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Moyobamba, San Martin
Status: The Golden-tailed Sapphire is uncommon and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 1700 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Zafiro de Cola Dorada.
Sub-species: Golden-tailed Sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone oenone), Lesson, 1832. EC Colombia to E Ecuador, extreme NE Peru (N Amazonas, NW Loreto) and adjacent extreme W Brazil.
(Chrysuronia oenone josephinae), Bourcier and Mulsant, 1848. Most of E Peru.
Meaning of Name: Chrysuronia: Appears to be a combination of specific name Ornismya chrysura Lesson, 1832 (= syn. Chrysuronia oenone) and specific name Ornismia oenone Lesson, 1832. Oenone: Gr. myth. Oenone, a Phrygian nymph beloved and deserted by Paris.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.