Stripe-breasted starthroat | |
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SE Brazil (male) | |
SE Brazil (female) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Heliomaster |
Species: | H. squamosus |
Binomial name | |
Heliomaster squamosus Temminck, 1823 |
The stripe-breasted starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.
It is found only in regions of eastern and southeastern Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.