Thaumasius

Thaumasius
Spot-throated hummingbird, (Thaumasius taczanowskii)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Trochilini
Genus: Thaumasius
Sclater, PL, 1879
Species

2, see text

Thaumasius is a genus in the family of Hummingbirds, and consists of 2 species.

Taxonomy and species list

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These two species were formerly placed in the genus Leucippus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Leucippus was polyphyletic.[1] To resolve the polyphyly these two species were moved to the resurrected genus Thaumasius that had been introduced by Philip Sclater in 1879 with the spot-throated hummingbird as the type species.[2][3]

Genus Thaumasius Sclater, PL, 1879 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Tumbes hummingbird

Thaumasius baeri
(Simon, 1901)
Ecuador and Peru.
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Spot-throated hummingbird

Thaumasius taczanowskii
Sclater, PL, 1879
Peru
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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 January 2020.