Archilochus (bird)
Archilochus | |
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Male ruby-throated hummingbird | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Mellisugini |
Genus: | Archilochus Reichenbach, 1854 |
Type species | |
Mulsant , 1846
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Species | |
2, see text |
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.
The genus Archilochus was introduced in 1854 by the German naturalist
Greek lyric poet from the island of Paros who lived around 650 BC.[3] Two species are placed in the genus.[4]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Ruby-throated hummingbird | Archilochus colubris (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Central America, Mexico, and Florida, and migrates to Eastern North America |
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Black-chinned hummingbird | Archilochus alexandri (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) |
Western United States, reaching north into Canada in Alberta and British Columbia, east to Oklahoma, and as far south as Mexico. |
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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. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 134.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 January 2021.