Microchera
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| Microchera | |
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| Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Trochilini |
| Genus: | Microchera Gould, 1858 |
| Type species | |
| Mellisuga albocoronata[1] Lawrence, 1855 | |
| Species | |
| 3, see text | |
Microchera is a genus of hummingbirds.
Species[edit]
The genus includes three species:[2]
- Snowcap, Microchera albocoronata
- Coppery-headed emerald, Microchera cupreiceps
- White-tailed emerald, Microchera chionura
The white-tailed emerald and the coppery-headed emerald were formerly placed in the genus Elvira. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that these two species were closely related to the snowcap in the genus Microchera.[3] The three species were therefore placed together in Microchera which has priority.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ 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. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016. PMID 24704078.
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