Elliotomyia is a genus in the family of Hummingbirds.

Elliotomyia
White-bellied hummingbird, (Elliotomyia chionogaster)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Trochilini
Genus: Elliotomyia
Stiles & Remsen, 2019
Species

2, see text

Species

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The genus contains two species:[1]

Genus Elliotomyia Stiles & Remsen, 2019 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
White-bellied hummingbird

 

Elliotomyia chionogaster
(Tschudi, 1846)

Two subspecies
  • E. c. chionogaster
  • E. c. hypoleuca
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru
 
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Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Green-and-white hummingbird

 

Elliotomyia viridicauda
(von Berlepsch, 1883)
Peru
 
Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 




These species were formerly placed in the genus Amazilia. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Amazilia was polyphyletic.[2] In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, the white-bellied hummingbird and the green-and-white hummingbird were placed in a new genus Elliotomyia.[1][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Stiles, F. Gary; Remsen, J.V. Jr (2019). "The generic nomenclature of the Trochilini: a correction". Zootaxa. 4691 (2): 195–196. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4691.2.10. PMID 31719409. S2CID 207962459.