Calothorax
Calothorax is a genus of birds in the hummingbird family Trochilidae.
| Calothorax | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Lucifer sheartail, Calothorax lucifer | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Mellisugini |
| Genus: | Calothorax G.R. Gray, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Ornisma cyanopogon[1] = Cynanthus lucifer Lesson, 1829 | |
Taxonomy
The genus Calothorax was introduced in 1840 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray with the lucifer sheartail as the type species.[2][3] The name combines the Ancient Greek kalos meaning "beautiful" with thōrax meaning "breast".[4]
The genus contains two species:[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calothorax pulcher | Beautiful sheartail | southern-central Mexico. | |
.jpg.webp) | Calothorax lucifer | Lucifer sheartail | southwestern United States, from southwest Texas, extreme southwestern New Mexico to extreme southeastern Arizona, and in central and north Mexico. |
References
- "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 13.
- Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 134.
- 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. (August 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
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