Philodice | |
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Magenta-throated woodstar (P. bryantae) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Mellisugini |
Genus: |
Philodice Mulsant, Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1866 |
Type species | |
Trochilus mitchellii (
purple-throated woodstar)
Bourcier, 1847
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Species | |
Philodice is a genus of hummingbirds in the tribe Mellisugini and family Trochilidae.
The genus Philodice was introduced in 1866 by the French ornithologists Étienne Mulsant, Jules Verreaux and Édouard Verreaux to accommodate a single species, the purple-throated woodstar, which is therefore the type species. [1] [2] The genus name comes from Greek mythology, Pholodice was the wife of Leucippus and daughter of Inachus. [3]
The genus now contains two species that were formerly assigned to Calliphlox. They were placed in the resurrected genus Philodice based on a molecular phylogenetic study that was published in 2017. [4] [5]
The two species are: [5]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Magenta-throated woodstar |
Philodice bryantae (Lawrence, 1867) |
Costa Rica and Panama![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Purple-throated woodstar |
Philodice mitchellii (Bourcier, 1847) |
Colombia and Ecuador, and a minor localized population in Panama![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Philodice | |
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Magenta-throated woodstar (P. bryantae) | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Mellisugini |
Genus: |
Philodice Mulsant, Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1866 |
Type species | |
Trochilus mitchellii (
purple-throated woodstar)
Bourcier, 1847
| |
Species | |
Philodice is a genus of hummingbirds in the tribe Mellisugini and family Trochilidae.
The genus Philodice was introduced in 1866 by the French ornithologists Étienne Mulsant, Jules Verreaux and Édouard Verreaux to accommodate a single species, the purple-throated woodstar, which is therefore the type species. [1] [2] The genus name comes from Greek mythology, Pholodice was the wife of Leucippus and daughter of Inachus. [3]
The genus now contains two species that were formerly assigned to Calliphlox. They were placed in the resurrected genus Philodice based on a molecular phylogenetic study that was published in 2017. [4] [5]
The two species are: [5]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
---|---|---|---|---|
Magenta-throated woodstar |
Philodice bryantae (Lawrence, 1867) |
Costa Rica and Panama![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Purple-throated woodstar |
Philodice mitchellii (Bourcier, 1847) |
Colombia and Ecuador, and a minor localized population in Panama![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|