Cynanthus

Cynanthus is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

Cynanthus
Broad-billed hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Trochilinae
Genus: Cynanthus
Swainson, 1827
Species

6, see text

Species

It contains the following species:

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Cynanthus latirostrisBroad-billed hummingbirdsoutheastern Arizona and extreme southwestern New Mexico of the Southwestern United States and northern Sonora of Northwestern Mexico
Cynanthus doubledayiDoubleday's hummingbird or turquoise-crowned hummingbirdPacific coast of south-west Mexico
Cynanthus auricepsGolden-crowned emeraldw, c Mexico
Cynanthus forficatusCozumel emeraldislands off Yucatán Peninsula
Cynanthus canivetiiCanivet's emeraldse Mexico to Costa Rica
Cynanthus lawrenceiTres Marias hummingbirdIslas Marías


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