Jacobin (hummingbird)
Appearance
Jacobin (hummingbird) | |
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Black jacobin, (Florisuga fusca) | |
Scientific 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 |
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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 |