Biology:Chlorestes

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Short description: Genus of birds

Chlorestes
Blue-chinned sapphire (Chlorestes notata notata) male.jpg
Blue-chinned sapphire, (Chlorestes notata)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Trochilini
Genus: Chlorestes
Reichenbach, 1854
Type species
Trochilus caeruleus[1]
Vieillot, 1817
Species

5, see text

Chlorestes is a genus of hummingbirds.

Species

The genus contains five species:[2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
White-bellied emerald (Chlorestes candida candida) in flight Peten.jpg Chlorestes candida White-bellied emerald Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Mexico, and Nicaragua
Blue-throated Goldentail.jpg Chlorestes eliciae Blue-throated sapphire Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama
BeeHummingbird.jpg Chlorestes cyanus White-chinned sapphire Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Violet-bellied Hummingbird.jpg Chlorestes julie Violet-bellied hummingbird Colombia, Ecuador, Panama
Chlorestes notata female.jpg Chlorestes notata Blue-chinned sapphire Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela

This genus formerly included only the blue-chinned sapphire. Additional species were moved to this genus based on a molecular phylogenetic study of the hummingbirds published in 2014.[2][3][4]

References

  1. "Trochilidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=80. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/hummingbirds/. Retrieved 7 January 2020. 
  3. McGuire, J.; Witt, C.; Remsen, J.V.; Corl, A.; Rabosky, D.; Altshuler, D.; Dudley, R. (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds". Current Biology 24 (8): 910-916. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016. 
  4. Stiles, F.G.; Remsen, J.V. Jr.; Mcguire, J.A. (2017). "The generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): reconciling taxonomy with phylogeny". Zootaxa 4353 (3): 401-424. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4353.3. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/J_Remsen/publication/321277435. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15873882 entry