Urochroa
Appearance
Urochroa | |
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Urochroa bougueri from A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds Volume 2 (1861) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Heliantheini |
Genus: | Urochroa Gould, 1856 |
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Urochroa is a genus of hummingbird containing two recently-split species.[1]
Species
The genus contains two species.[2]
Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
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Urochroa bougueri | Rufous-gaped hillstar | southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru |
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Urochroa leucura | Green-backed hillstar | southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru |
References
- ^ "Proposal (775) to South American Classification Committee - Split Urochroa bougueri into two species".
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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