Chrysuronia
| Chrysuronia | |
|---|---|
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| Golden-tailed sapphire, (Chrysuronia oenone) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Trochilini |
| Genus: | Chrysuronia Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Ornismya oenone ( Lesson, R , 1832
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| Species | |
|
9, see text | |
Chrysuronia is a
Trochilidae, all of which are native to Central and South America
.
Taxonomy
The genus Chrysuronia was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist
Lesson, R, 1832 and Ornismia oenone Lesson, 1832.[4]
This genus formerly included only a single species, the golden-tailed sapphire. A
monophyletic genera, Chrysuronia was broadened to include species that had previous been placed in Amazilia, Hylocharis and Lepidopyga.[6][7]
The genus now contains nine species:[6]
- Shining-green hummingbird (Chrysuronia goudoti) – formerly in Lepidopyga
- Golden-tailed sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone)
- Versicolored emerald (Chrysuronia versicolor) – formerly in Amazilia
- Sapphire-throated hummingbird (Chrysuronia coeruleogularis) – formerly in Lepidopyga
- Sapphire-bellied hummingbird (Chrysuronia lilliae) – formerly in Lepidopyga
- Humboldt's sapphire (Chrysuronia humboldtii) – formerly in Hylocharis
- Blue-headed sapphire (Chrysuronia grayi) – formerly in Amazilia
- White-chested emerald (Chrysuronia brevirostris) – formerly in Amazilia
- Plain-bellied emerald (Chrysuronia leucogaster) – formerly in Amazilia
References
- ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). Conspectus Generum Avium (in Latin). Vol. 1. Leiden: E.J. Brill. p. 75.
- ^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 23.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 55.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- .
- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- .