Jacobin (hummingbird)
Jacobin (hummingbird) | |
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Black jacobin, (Florisuga fusca) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Subfamily: | Florisuginae |
Genus: | Florisuga Bonaparte, 1850 |
Type species | |
Trochilus mellivorus Linnaeus, 1758
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Species | |
2, see text |
The jacobins are two species of hummingbirds in the genus Florisuga.
Taxonomy[]
The genus Florisuga was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The name combines the Latin flos, floris meaning "flower" with sugere meaning "to suck".[1] The type species is the white-necked jacobin.[2]
The genus contains the following species:[3]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Florisuga mellivora | White-necked jacobin | Mexico, south to Peru, Bolivia and south Brazil |
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Florisuga fusca | Black jacobin | eastern Brazil, Uruguay, eastern Paraguay, and far north-eastern Argentina |
References[]
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. Volume 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 21.
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has extra text (help) - ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
Categories:
- Florisuga
- Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte
- Hummingbird stubs