Polyerata
| Polyerata | |
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| File:Blue-chested-hummingbird.png | |
| Blue-chested hummingbird, (Polyerata amabilis) | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Trochilini |
| Genus: | Polyerata Heine, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Trochilus amabilis (blue-chested hummingbird) Gould, 1853
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| Species | |
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Polyerata is a genus of hummingbirds.
Species
[edit | edit source]The genus contains three species:[1]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Blue-chested hummingbird
File:Blue-chested hummingbird-1-2 - Flickr - Ragnhild & Neil Crawford.jpg |
Polyerata amabilis (Gould, 1853) |
Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama Map of range |
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| Charming hummingbird | Polyerata decora Salvin, 1891 |
Costa Rica and Panama. Map of range |
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| Purple-chested hummingbird
File:Purple-chested Hummingbird 2015-06-09 (1) (40281635472).jpg |
Polyerata rosenbergi Boucard, 1895 |
Colombia and Ecuador. Map of range |
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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, these three species were moved to the resurrected genus Polyerata that had been introduced in 1863 by the German ornithologist Ferdinand Heine to accommodate the blue-chested hummingbird which therefore becomes the type species.[1][3][4] The genus name is from Ancient Greek poluēratos meaning "very lovely".[5]
References
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