Firecrown
Appearance
Firecrown | |
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Green-backed firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Lesbiini |
Genus: | Sephanoides G.R. Gray, 1840 |
Species | |
S. sephaniodes |
The firecrowns are the genus Sephanoides of the hummingbirds. There are two species.
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Sephanoides sephaniodes | Green-backed firecrown | Argentina and Chile | |
Sephanoides fernandensis | Juan Fernández firecrown | Isla Róbinson Crusoe, Chile |
The green-backed firecrown occurs widely in Argentina and Chile, but the Juan Fernández firecrown is found solely on Isla Róbinson Crusoe, one of a three-island archipelago belonging to Chile.
Both species will hang from flower petals or leaves with their feet. They feed on nectar and insects