Basilinna (bird)
Basilinna is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.
| Basilinna | |
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| White-eared hummingbird, Basilinna leucotis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Trochilini |
| Genus: | Basilinna F. Boie, 1831 |
| Species | |
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2, see text | |
Species
The genus contains only two species:[1]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg.webp) | B. leucotis | White-eared hummingbird | southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and western Texas through the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental of northern Mexico and the Cordillera Neovolcanica of southern Mexico to southern Nicaragua |
_(8079377044).jpg.webp) | B. xantusii | Xantus's hummingbird | southern Baja Peninsula of Mexico |
References
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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