Chionomesa
Genus of birds
Chionomesa is a genus of South American hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae .
Species
The genus contains two species:[ 1]
Genus Chionomesa – Simon , 1921 – two species
Common name
Scientific name and subspecies
Range
Size and ecology
IUCN status and estimated population
Glittering-throated emerald
Chionomesa fimbriata (Gmelin, JF,, 1788)
C. f. elegantissima (Todd , 1942)
C. f. fimbriata (Gmelin, J.F., 1788)
C. f. apicalis (Gould , 1861)
C. f. fluviatilis (Gould, 1861)
C. f. laeta (Hartert, E. , 1900)
C. f. nigricauda (Elliot, D.G. , 1878)
C. f. tephrocephala (Vieillot , 1818)
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, the Guianas, Peru, Trinidad and Venezuela
Size : Habitat : Diet :
LC
Sapphire-spangled emerald
Chionomesa lactea (Lesson, R.,, 1832)
Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela; as a vagrant in Argentina
Size : Habitat : Diet :
LC
These two 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, these species were moved to the resurrected genus Chionomesa that had been introduced in 1921 by the French naturalist Eugène Simon .[ 1] [ 3] [ 4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek khiōn meaning "snow" with mesos meaning "middle".[ 5] The type species was designated as the sapphire-spangled emerald by the American ornithologist Charles Wallace Richmond in 1927.[ 6] [ 7]
References
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ Simon, Eugène (1921). Histoire naturelle des Trochilid (Synopsis et catalogue) (in French). Paris: L. Mulo. pp. 104 , 320 .
^ 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 .
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . London: Christopher Helm. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
^ Peters, James Lee , ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World . Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 62.
^ Richmond, Charles Wallace (1927). "List of generic terms proposed for birds during the years 1890 to 1900, inclusive, to which are added names omitted by Waterhouse in his "Index Generum Avium." " . Proceedings of the United States National Museum . 70 (15): 1–44 [8]. doi :10.5479/si.00963801.2664 .