Calypte

Calypte
	male Anna's hummingbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Tribe:	Mellisugini
Genus:	Calypte; Gould, 1856
Type species
	Ornismya costae; Bourcier, 1839
Species
	C. anna; C. costae

Calypte is a genus of hummingbirds. It consists of two species found in western North America.

Taxonomy[]

The genus Calypte was introduced in 1856 by the English ornithologist John Gould.^[1] The type species was subsequently designated as Costa's hummingbird.^[2] Gould did not explain the derivation of the genus name but it is probably from the Ancient Greek kaluptrē meaning "woman’s veil" or "head-dress" (from kaluptō meaning "to cover").^[3] The genus now contains two species.^[4]

Species[]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Calypte anna	Anna's hummingbird	United States(Oregon, Washington, California), Canada, and Baja California, Mexico
	Calypte costae	Costa's hummingbird	Southwestern United States and the Baja California Peninsula of Mexico.

References[]

^ Gould, John (1856). A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. Volume 4. London: self. Plates 134, 135, 136 and text (Part 11, Plates 5, 6 and 7). |volume= has extra text (help) The 5 volumes were issued in 25 parts between 1849 and 1861. Title pages of all volumes bear the date of 1861.
^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Volume 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 136. |volume= has extra text (help)
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

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[1] Gould, John (1856). A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. Volume 4. London: self. Plates 134, 135, 136 and text (Part 11, Plates 5, 6 and 7). |volume= has extra text (help) The 5 volumes were issued in 25 parts between 1849 and 1861. Title pages of all volumes bear the date of 1861.

[2] Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Volume 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 136. |volume= has extra text (help)

[3] Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

[ioc-4] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

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