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The rufous hummingbird is now placed with eight other species in the genus Selasphorus that was introduced in 1832 by the English naturalist William Swainson. [7] [8] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek selas meaning "light" or "flame" with -phoros meaning "-carrying". The specific epithet rufus is the Latin word for "red". [9]
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The genus Selasphorus was introduced in 1832 by the English naturalist William Swainson to accommodate the rufous hummingbird which is now the type species. [2] [3] The name combines the Ancient Greek selas meaning "light" or "flame" with -phoros meaning "-carrying". [4] The genus contains the following nine species: [5]
9 Rufous-breasted hermit: Glaucis hirsutus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 10 Band-tailed barbthroat: Threnetes ruckeri (Bourcier, 1847) 11 Pale-tailed barbthroat: Threnetes leucurus (Linnaeus, 1766) 12 Sooty barbthroat: Threnetes niger (Linnaeus, 1758) 13 Broad-tipped hermit: Anopetia gounellei (Boucard, 1891) 14 Dusky-throated hermit: Phaethornis ...
The rufous-tailed hummingbird is 9 to 11 cm (3.5 to 4.3 in) long and weighs approximately 5 g (0.18 oz). The adult male of the nominate subspecies has a green head and upperparts except for chestnut-brown lores and uppertail coverts. The tail is also mostly chestnut-brown, giving the species its English name; the feathers' outer webs and tips ...
The rufous-crested coquette is a bird in the family Trochilidae, which includes all extant species of hummingbirds.It is a member of the genus Lophornis, which was identified first by the French naturalist and surgeon René Lesson in 1829, [4] and includes a number of extremely small hummingbirds distributed across central and south America. [5]