Elliot’s Hummingbird (Amazilia lucida)
Elliot’s Hummingbird was described in the year 1877 as a distinct species on the basis of a single specimen from the Bogotá ‘bird market’, its taxonomic status, however, is debatable.
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edited: 23.09.2017
Dead as the Dodo – Holocene Extinctions
… about 5858 taxa have disappeared since the beginning of the Anthropocene era (since about 10000 BCE)
