Cynanthus

Cynanthus is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

Cynanthus
Broad-billed hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Trochilini
Genus: Cynanthus
Swainson, 1827
Type species
Cynanthus latirostris[1]
Swainson, 1827
Species

6, see text

Species

The genus contains the following species:[2]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Cynanthus latirostrisBroad-billed hummingbirdsoutheastern Arizona and extreme southwestern New Mexico of the Southwestern United States and northern Sonora of Northwestern Mexico
Cynanthus lawrenceiTres Marias hummingbirdIslas Marías island group of Mexico
Cynanthus doubledayiTurquoise-crowned hummingbird or Doubleday's hummingbirdPacific coast of south-west Mexico
Cynanthus auricepsGolden-crowned emeraldwest and central Mexico
Cynanthus forficatusCozumel emeraldislands off Yucatán Peninsula
Cynanthus canivetiiCanivet's emeraldsoutheast Mexico to Costa Rica

References

  1. "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 January 2020.


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