Calothorax is a genus of birds in the hummingbird family Trochilidae.
| Calothorax | |
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| Lucifer sheartail, Calothorax lucifer | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Mellisugini |
| Genus: | Calothorax G.R. Gray, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Ornisma cyanopogon[1] = Cynanthus lucifer Lesson, 1829
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Taxonomy
editThe genus Calothorax was introduced in 1840 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray with the lucifer sheartail as the type species.[2][3] The name combines the Ancient Greek kalos meaning "beautiful" with thōrax meaning "breast".[4]
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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| Beautiful sheartail
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Calothorax pulcher Gould, 1859 |
southern-central Mexico.
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| Lucifer sheartail
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Calothorax lucifer (Swainson, 1827) |
southwestern United States, from southwest Texas, extreme southwestern New Mexico to extreme southeastern Arizona, and in central and north Mexico.
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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References
edit- ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 13.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 134.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
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