Cynanthus is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.
Cynanthus | |
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Broad-billed hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) | |
Scientific classification | |
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
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Species | |
6, see text |
Species
editThe genus contains the following species:[2]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Broad-billed hummingbird | Cynanthus latirostris Swainson, 1827 Three subspecies
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southeastern Arizona and extreme southwestern New Mexico of the Southwestern United States and northern Sonora of Northwestern Mexico |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Tres Marias hummingbird
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Cynanthus lawrencei (Berlepsch, 1887) |
Islas Marías island group of Mexico |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
NT
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Turquoise-crowned hummingbird or Doubleday's hummingbird | Cynanthus doubledayi (Bourcier,, 1847) |
Pacific coast of south-west Mexico |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Golden-crowned emerald | Cynanthus auriceps (Gould, 1852) |
west and central Mexico | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Cozumel emerald | Cynanthus forficatus (Ridgway, 1885) |
Islands off Yucatán Peninsula |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Canivet's emerald | Cynanthus canivetii (Lesson, 1832) Three subspecies
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southeast Mexico to Costa Rica | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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References
edit- ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
External links
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