Selasphorus
| Selasphorus | |
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| Female broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) at nest | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Subfamily: | Trochilinae |
| Genus: | Selasphorus Swainson, 1832 |
| Species | |
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Selasphorus ardens Salvin, 1870 | |
Selasphorus is a genus of hummingbirds. It contains the following seven species:[1][2]
- Scintillant hummingbird, Selasphorus scintilla
- Glow-throated hummingbird, Selasphorus ardens
- Volcano hummingbird, Selasphorus flammula
- Broad-tailed hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus
- Rufous hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus
- Allen's hummingbird, Selasphorus sasin
- Calliope hummingbird, Selasphorus calliope
The last species to be described was in 1870.
References
- ↑ "Selasphorus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- ↑ McGuire, J.A.; Witt, C.C.; Remsen Jr., J.V.; Dudley, R.; Altshuler, D.L. (2009). "A higher-level taxonomy for hummingbirds". Journal of Ornithology 150: 155–165. doi:10.1007/s10336-008-0330-x.
External links
Media related to Selasphorus at Wikimedia Commons
| External identifiers for Selasphorus | |
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| Encyclopedia of Life | 18110 |
| ITIS | 178037 |
| Also found in: Wikispecies | |
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