Urochroa | |
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Urochroa bougueri from A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds Volume 2 (1861) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Heliantheini |
Genus: |
Urochroa Gould, 1856 |
Type species | |
Trochilus bougueri (
rufous-gaped hillstar)
Bourcier, 1851
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Species | |
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Urochroa is a genus of hummingbird containing two recently-split species.
The genus Urochroa was introduced in 1856 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate the rufous-gaped hillstar which is thus the type species. [1] [2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek oura meaning "tail" with khroa meaning "colour" or "complexion". [3]
The green-backed hillstar was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the rufous-gaped hillstar. [4] [5]
The genus contains two species. [5]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Rufous-gaped hillstar |
Urochroa bougueri (Bourcier, 1851) |
southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Green-backed hillstar |
Urochroa leucura Lawrence, 1864 |
southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Urochroa | |
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Urochroa bougueri from A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds Volume 2 (1861) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Heliantheini |
Genus: |
Urochroa Gould, 1856 |
Type species | |
Trochilus bougueri (
rufous-gaped hillstar)
Bourcier, 1851
| |
Species | |
|
Urochroa is a genus of hummingbird containing two recently-split species.
The genus Urochroa was introduced in 1856 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate the rufous-gaped hillstar which is thus the type species. [1] [2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek oura meaning "tail" with khroa meaning "colour" or "complexion". [3]
The green-backed hillstar was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the rufous-gaped hillstar. [4] [5]
The genus contains two species. [5]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Rufous-gaped hillstar |
Urochroa bougueri (Bourcier, 1851) |
southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Green-backed hillstar |
Urochroa leucura Lawrence, 1864 |
southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|