Mellisuga
| Mellisuga | |
|---|---|
| |
| Mellisuga helenae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Mellisugini |
| Genus: | Mellisuga Brisson, 1760 |
Mellisuga is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.
The genus was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the vervain hummingbird (Mellisuga minima) as the type species.[1][2] The name Mellisuga is a combination of the Latin words mel or mellis, meaning "honey" and sugere, meaning "to suck".[3]
Extant Species
The genus contains two species:[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
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M. minima | Vervain hummingbird | Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Jamaica |
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M. helenae | Bee hummingbird | Cuba and the Isle of Pines. |
References
- ^ Brisson, Mathurin Jacques (1760). Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés (in French and Latin). Vol. Volume 1. Paris: Jean-Baptiste Bauche. Vol. 1, p. 40, Vol. 3, p. 694.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. Volume 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 135.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 249. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Hummingbirds". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
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