Eugenes
Appearance
Eugenes | |
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male Rivoli's hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Lampornithini |
Genus: | Eugenes Gould, 1856 |
Type species | |
Trochilus fulgens[1] Swainson, 1827
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Species | |
2, see text |
Eugenes is a genus of hummingbirds that inhabit North America.
Species
[edit]The genus contains two species:[2]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Rivoli's hummingbird | Eugenes fulgens (Swainson, 1827) |
southwestern United States to Honduras and Nicaragua. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Talamanca hummingbird | Eugenes spectabilis (Lawrence, 1867) |
Costa Rica to Panama. |
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 2 January 2020.
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