Thaumasius

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Thaumasius
File:Spot-throated Hummingbird.jpg
Spot-throated hummingbird, (Thaumasius taczanowskii)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
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

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These two species were formerly placed in the genus Leucippus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Leucippus was polyphyletic.[1] 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.[2][3]

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

File:Leucippus baeri.jpg

Thaumasius baeri
(Simon, 1901)
Ecuador and Peru.
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Spot-throated hummingbird

File:Spot-throated Hummingbird.jpg

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

Habitat:

Diet:
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References

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