Archilochus (bird)
Archilochus is a genus of hummingbirds. It consists of two small migratory species which breed in North America and winter in Central America, Mexico and the southern United States.
| Archilochus | |
|---|---|
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| Male ruby-throated hummingbird | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Subfamily: | Trochilinae |
| Genus: | Archilochus Reichenbach, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Trochilus alexandri Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846 | |
| Species | |
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2, see text | |
The genus Archilochus was introduced in 1854 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach with the black-chinned hummingbird as the type species.[1][2] The name Archilochus is that of a Greek lyric poet from the island of Paros who lived around 650 BC.[3] Two species are placed in the genus.[4]
| Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg.webp) | Archilochus colubris | Ruby-throated hummingbird | Central America, Mexico, and Florida, and migrates to Eastern North America |
.jpg.webp) | Archilochus alexandri | Black-chinned hummingbird | Western United States, reaching north into Canada in Alberta and British Columbia, east to Oklahoma, and as far south as Mexico. |
References
- Reichenbach, Ludwig (1854). "Aufzählung der Colibris Oder Trochilideen in ihrer wahren natürlichen Verwandtschaft, nebst Schlüssel ihrer Synonymik". Journal für Ornithologie (Supplement) (in German). 1: 1-24 [13].
- Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Volume 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 134.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
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