Eupetomena

Eupetomena
Swallow-tailed hummingbird, (Eupetomena macroura)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Trochilini
Genus: Eupetomena
Gould, 1853
Type species
Trochilus macroura (swallow-tailed hummingbird)
Species

2, see text

Eupetomena is a genus in the hummingbird family Trochilidae. It contains two species which are both found in eastern South America.

Taxonomy

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The genus Eupetomena was introduced in 1853 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate a single species, the swallow-tailed hummingbird which therefore becomes the type species.[1] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek eu (εὐ-) meaning "good" and the neuter participle petomena (πετόμενα) meaning "always on the wing" or "flying" (from petomai, πέτομαι, "to fly").[2] Literally, it can mean "the one that flies well, good flyer" (εὐπετόμενα).[3][4]

The genus contains two species:[5]

Genus Eupetomena Gould, 1853 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Swallow-tailed hummingbird

Eupetomena macroura
(Gmelin, JF, 1788)

Five subspecies
  • E. m. macroura (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
  • E. m. simoni Hellmayr, 1929
  • E. m. cyanoviridis Grantsau, 1988
  • E. m. hirundo Gould, 1875
  • E. m. boliviana Zimmer, JT, 1950
Guianas, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay and northeast Argentina
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Sombre hummingbird

Eupetomena cirrochloris
(Vieillot, 1818)
Brazil
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The sombre hummingbird was formerly placed in the genus Aphantochroa but based primarily on a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014, Aphantochroa has been merged into Eupetomena.[5][6][7]

References

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  1. ^ Gould, John (1853). A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. Vol. 2. London: self. Plate 42 and text (Part 6 Plate 1). The 5 volumes were issued in 25 parts between 1849 and 1861. Title pages of all volumes bear the date of 1861.
  2. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. ^ "εὐ-", Wiktionary, 2020-10-24, retrieved 2023-04-11
  4. ^ "πέτομαι", Wiktionary, 2022-12-31, retrieved 2023-04-11
  5. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  6. ^ McGuire, J.; Witt, C.; Remsen, J.V.; Corl, A.; Rabosky, D.; Altshuler, D.; Dudley, R. (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds". Current Biology. 24 (8): 910–916. Bibcode:2014CBio...24..910M. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016. PMID 24704078.
  7. ^ Stiles, F.G.; Remsen, J.V. Jr.; Mcguire, J.A. (2017). "The generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): Reconciling taxonomy with phylogeny". Zootaxa. 4353 (3): 401–424. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4353.3. PMID 29245495.