Lesbiini

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Lesbiini
Black-tailed trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Lesbiinae
Tribe: Lesbiini
Reichenbach, 1854
Genera

18, see text

Lesbiini is one of the two

Trochilidae. The other tribe is Heliantheini
(brilliants).

The informal name "coquettes" has been proposed for this group as the largest genus, Lophornis, has 11 species with "coquette" in their common name.[1]

The tribe contains 67 species divided into 18 genera.[2][3]

Phylogeny

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James Van Remsen, Jr. updated the Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World for the 4th edition in 2013 they based their classification on these results and placed two of the nine clades in a new subfamily Lesbiinae. Each clade formed a separate tribe which they named Lesbinii and Heliantheini. The subfamily Lesbiinae had been introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1854.[5][6]

Cladograms

Molecular phylogenetic studies by Jimmy McGuire and collaborators published between 2007 and 2014 determined the relationships between the major groups of hummingbirds.[2][4][7] In the cladogram below the English names are those introduced in 1997.[8] The Latin names are those proposed by Dickinson and Remsen in 2013.[9]

Trochilidae

Florisuginae – topazes

Phaethornithinae
– hermits

Polytminae – mangoes

Lesbiinae

Heliantheini – brilliants

Lesbiini – coquettes

Patagoninae – giant hummingbird

Trochilinae

Lampornithini – mountain gems

Mellisugini – bees

Trochilini – emeralds

The 2014 study also determined the relationships between the genera within the Lesbiini.[2]

Lesbiini

Sephanoides
– firecrowns (2 species)

Lophornis – coquettes (11 species)

Discosura – thorntails and coquette (5 species)

Phlogophilus
– piedtails (2 species)

Heliangelus
– sunangels (9 species)

Adelomyia
– speckled hummingbird

Taphrolesbia
– grey-bellied comet

Aglaiocercus – sylphs (3 species)

Sappho
– red-tailed comet

Ramphomicron – thornbills (2 species)

Lesbia
– trainbearers (2 species)

Oreotrochilus
– hillstars (7 species)

Polyonymus
– bronze-tailed comet

Opisthoprora
– mountain avocetbill

Chalcostigma – thornbills (5 species)

Oreonympha
– bearded mountaineer

Oxypogon
– helmetcrests (4 species)

Metallura
– metaltails (9 species)

Taxonomic list

The tribe contains 18 genera.[3]

Image Genus Living species
Heliangelus
Sephanoides
Discosura
Lophornis
Phlogophilus
Adelomyia
Aglaiocercus
Sappho
Polyonymus
Taphrolesbia
Oreotrochilus
Opisthoprora
Lesbia
Ramphomicron
Chalcostigma
Oxypogon
Oreonympha
Metallura

References

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