Scissor-tailed hummingbird
| Scissor-tailed hummingbird | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Subfamily: | Trochilinae |
| Tribe: | Lampornithini |
| Genus: | Hylonympha Gould, 1873 |
| Species: | H. macrocerca |
| Binomial name | |
| Hylonympha macrocerca Gould, 1873 | |
The scissor-tailed hummingbird (Hylonympha macrocerca) is an Endangered species of hummingbird in the "mountain gems", tribe Lampornithini in subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to Venezuela.