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Jacobin (hummingbird)

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Jacobin (hummingbird)
Black jacobin, (Florisuga fusca)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Florisuginae
Genus: Florisuga
Bonaparte, 1850
Species

2, see text

The jacobins are two species of hummingbirds in the genus Florisuga. The genus contains the following species:

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Florisuga mellivora White-necked jacobin Mexico, south to Peru, Bolivia and south Brazil
Florisuga fusca Black jacobin eastern Brazil, Uruguay, eastern Paraguay, and far north-eastern Argentina