Selasphorus
Appearance
Selasphorus | |
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Female broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) at nest | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Mellisugini |
Genus: | Selasphorus Swainson, 1832 |
Species | |
Selasphorus ardens Salvin, 1870 |
Selasphorus is a genus of hummingbirds. It contains the following nine species:[1][2]
- Glow-throated hummingbird, Selasphorus ardens
- Calliope hummingbird, Selasphorus calliope
- Wine-throated hummingbird, Selasphorus ellioti
- Volcano hummingbird, Selasphorus flammula
- Bumblebee hummingbird, Selasphorus heloisa
- Broad-tailed hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus
- Rufous hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus
- Allen's hummingbird, Selasphorus sasin
- Scintillant hummingbird, Selasphorus scintilla
References
- ^ "Selasphorus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- ^ McGuire, J.A.; Witt, C.C.; Remsen Jr., J.V.; Dudley, R.; Altshuler, D.L. (2009). "A higher-level taxonomy for hummingbirds". Journal of Ornithology. 150: 155–165. doi:10.1007/s10336-008-0330-x.
External links
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