Selasphorus
Selasphorus is a genus of hummingbirds from Middle and North America.
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| Female broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) at nest | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Mellisugini |
| Genus: | Selasphorus Swainson, 1832 |
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The genus contains the following nine species:[1]
- Glow-throated hummingbird, Selasphorus ardens
- Calliope hummingbird, Selasphorus calliope
- Wine-throated hummingbird, Selasphorus ellioti (formerly in Atthis)
- Volcano hummingbird, Selasphorus flammula
- Bumblebee hummingbird, Selasphorus heloisa (formerly in Atthis)
- Broad-tailed hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus
- Rufous hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus
- Allen's hummingbird, Selasphorus sasin
- Scintillant hummingbird, Selasphorus scintilla
The wine-throated hummingbird and the bumblebee hummingbird were formerly placed in the genus Atthis. Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2014 and 2017 found that Atthis was embedded within Selasphorus. The genera were therefore merged and these hummingbirds were moved to Selasphorus.[1][2][3]
References
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- McGuire, J.; Witt, C.; Remsen, J.V.; Corl, A.; Rabosky, D.; Altshuler, D.; Dudley, R. (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds". Current Biology. 24 (8): 910–916. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016.
- Licona-Vera, Yuyini; Ornelas, Juan Francisco (2017). "The conquering of North America: dated phylogenetic and biogeographic inference of migratory behavior in bee hummingbirds". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (1): 126. doi:10.1186/s12862-017-0980-5.
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