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Doricha

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Doricha
Female Mexican sheartail, Doricha eliza
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Mellisugini
Genus: Doricha
Reichenbach, 1854
Type species
Trochilus enicurus (slender sheartail)
Vieillot, 1818

Doricha is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.

Taxonomy

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The genus Doricha was introduced in 1854 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach to accommodate the slender sheartail which is thus the type species.[1][2] The genus name is that of Rhodopsis a celebrated Ancient Greek courtesan or hetaira.[3]

The genus contains the following species:[4]

Genus Doricha Reichenbach, 1854 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Mexican sheartail


Male
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Female

Doricha eliza
(Lesson, RP & Delattre, 1839)
Mexico
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Slender sheartail


Male
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Female

Doricha enicura
(Vieillot, 1818)
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.
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References

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  1. ^ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1854). "Aufzählung der Colibris Oder Trochilideen in ihrer wahren natürlichen Verwandtschaft, nebst Schlüssel ihrer Synonymik". Journal für Ornithologie (Supplement) (in German). 1: 1–24 [12].
  2. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 132–133.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 September 2022.