Bahama woodstar
| Bahama woodstar | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Nesophlox |
| Species: | N. evelynae |
| Binomial name | |
| Nesophlox evelynae (Bourcier, 1847) | |
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The Bahama woodstar or Bahama hummingbird (Nesophlox evelynae) is a species of hummingbird endemic to the Lucayan archipelago, including the Bahamian and Turks and Caicos islands. It is named the "hummer" by locals due to a distinct humming sound it makes while feeding.