Heliodoxa
Heliodoxa is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.
| Heliodoxa | |
|---|---|
 | |
| male green-crowned brilliant, Heliodoxa jacula | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheini |
| Genus: | Heliodoxa Gould, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Trochilus leadbeateri (violet-fronted brilliant) Bourcier, 1843 | |
Taxonomy
The genus Heliodoxa was introduced in 1850 by the English ornithologist John Gould.[1] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek hēlios meaning "sun" and doxa meaning "glory" or "magnificence".[2] The type species was subsequently designated by Charles Lucien Bonaparte as the violet-fronted brilliant.[3][4]
The genus contains ten species:[5]
- Gould's jewelfront, Heliodoxa aurescens
- Brazilian ruby, Heliodoxa rubricauda
- Fawn-breasted brilliant, Heliodoxa rubinoides
- Violet-fronted brilliant, Heliodoxa leadbeateri
- Velvet-browed brilliant, Heliodoxa xanthogonys
- Black-throated brilliant, Heliodoxa schreibersii
- Pink-throated brilliant, Heliodoxa gularis
- Rufous-webbed brilliant, Heliodoxa branickii
- Empress brilliant, Heliodoxa imperatrix
- Green-crowned brilliant, Heliodoxa jacula
References
- Gould, John (1849). "Description of two new species with the characters of a new genus of the Trochilidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 17 (195): 95–96. Although the title page is dated 1849, the article was not published until 1850.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 188. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). "Note sur les Trochilidés". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 30: 379–383 [380].
- Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 87.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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