Cynanthus is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

Cynanthus
Broad-billed hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Trochilini
Genus: Cynanthus
Swainson, 1827
Type species
Cynanthus latirostris[1]
Swainson, 1827
Species

6, see text

Species

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The genus contains the following species:[2]

Genus Cynanthus Swainson, 1827 – six species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Broad-billed hummingbird

 

Cynanthus latirostris
Swainson, 1827

Three subspecies
southeastern Arizona and extreme southwestern New Mexico of the Southwestern United States and northern Sonora of Northwestern Mexico
 
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 LC 


Tres Marias hummingbird


Cynanthus lawrencei
(Berlepsch, 1887)
Islas Marías island group of Mexico
 
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 NT 


Turquoise-crowned hummingbird or Doubleday's hummingbird

 

Cynanthus doubledayi
(Bourcier,, 1847)
Pacific coast of south-west Mexico
 
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 LC 


Golden-crowned emerald

 

Cynanthus auriceps
(Gould, 1852)
west and central Mexico Size:

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 LC 


Cozumel emerald

 

Cynanthus forficatus
(Ridgway, 1885)
Islands off Yucatán Peninsula
 
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 LC 


Canivet's emerald

 

Cynanthus canivetii
(Lesson, 1832)

Three subspecies
  • C. c. canivetii
  • C. c. osberti
  • C. c. salvini
southeast Mexico to Costa Rica Size:

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 LC 



References

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  1. ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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