Calothorax

Calothorax
Lucifer sheartail, Calothorax lucifer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Mellisugini
Genus: Calothorax
G.R. Gray, 1840
Type species
Ornisma cyanopogon = Cynanthus lucifer
Lesson, 1829

Calothorax is a genus of birds in the hummingbird family Trochilidae.

Taxonomy

The genus Calothorax was introduced in 1840 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray with the lucifer sheartail as the type species. The name combines the Ancient Greek kalos meaning "beautiful" with thōrax meaning "breast".

A 2014 molecular phylogenetic study by Jimmy McGuire and collaborators found that the genus Calothorax was sister to the genus Doricha.

The genus contains two species:

MaleFemaleCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Lucifer sheartailCalothorax lucifer
Beautiful sheartailCalothorax pulcher

References

  1. ↑ "Trochilidae". Howard & Moore Checklist Online. Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 134.
  4. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 September 2022.