Thaumasius

Thaumasius
Spot-throated hummingbird, (Thaumasius taczanowskii)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Trochilini
Genus: Thaumasius
Sclater, PL, 1879
Species

2, see text

Thaumasius is a genus in the family of Hummingbirds, and consists of 2 species.

Taxonomy and species list

These two species were formerly placed in the genus Leucippus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Leucippus was polyphyletic. To resolve the polyphyly these two species were moved to the resurrected genus Thaumasius that had been introduced by Philip Sclater in 1879 with the spot-throated hummingbird as the type species.

Genus Thaumasius – Sclater, PL, 1879 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Tumbes hummingbird

 Thaumasius baeri
(Simon, 1901)		 Ecuador and Peru.
Map of range		 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 

Spot-throated hummingbird

 Thaumasius taczanowskii
Sclater, PL, 1879		 Peru
Map of range		 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.4353.3.1. PMID 29245495.
  3. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 January 2020.