Selasphorus

Selasphorus is a genus of hummingbirds. It contains the following nine species:[1][2]

Selasphorus
Female broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) at nest
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Trochilinae
Genus: Selasphorus
Swainson, 1832
Species

Selasphorus ardens Salvin, 1870
Selasphorus calliope (Gould, 1847) Selasphorus ellioti (Ridgway, 1878)
Selasphorus flammula Salvin, 1865
Selasphorus heloisa (Lesson, R & Delattre, 1839)
Selasphorus platycercus (Swainson, 1827)
Selasphorus rufus (Gmelin, 1788)
Selasphorus sasin (Lesson, 1829)
Selasphorus scintilla (Gould, 1851)

References
  1. "Selasphorus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  2. McGuire, J.A.; Witt, C.C.; Remsen Jr., J.V.; Dudley, R.; Altshuler, D.L. (2009). "A higher-level taxonomy for hummingbirds". Journal of Ornithology. 150: 155–165. doi:10.1007/s10336-008-0330-x.


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