Heliothryx

Heliothryx is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

Heliothryx
Purple-crowned fairy (Heliothryx barroti)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Trochilinae
Genus: Heliothryx
F. Boie, 1831
Species

2, see text

Species

The genus contains the following species:[1]

ImageNameCommon nameDistribution
Heliothryx auritusBlack-eared fairyBolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
Heliothryx barrotiPurple-crowned fairysoutheastern Mexico south to southwestern Ecuador.

References

  1. 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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