Peruvian sheartail
| Peruvian sheartail | |
|---|---|
| Museum specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Mellisugini |
| Genus: | Thaumastura Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Species: | T. cora |
| Binomial name | |
| Thaumastura cora | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ornismya cora | |
The Peruvian sheartail (Thaumastura cora) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is the only species placed in the genus Thaumastura. It is found in Chile, Ecuador, and Peru.