Firecrown

The firecrowns are the genus Sephanoides of the hummingbirds. There are two species.[2]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Sephanoides sephaniodes Green-backed firecrownArgentina and Chile
Sephanoides fernandensisJuan Fernández firecrownIsla Róbinson Crusoe, Chile

Firecrown
Green-backed firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Lesbiini
Genus: Sephanoides
G.R. Gray, 1840
Type species
Mellisuga kingii[1]
Vigors, 1827
Species

S. sephaniodes
S. fernandensis


The green-backed firecrown occurs widely in Argentina and Chile, but the Juan Fernández firecrown is found solely on Isla Róbinson Crusoe, one of a three-island archipelago belonging to Chile.

Both species will hang from flower petals or leaves with their feet. They feed on nectar and insects

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 2 January 2020.
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