| Calothorax | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Lucifer sheartail, Calothorax lucifer | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Mellisugini |
| Genus: | Calothorax G.R. Gray, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Ornisma cyanopogon [1] = Cynanthus lucifer Lesson, 1829 | |
Calothorax is a genus of birds in the hummingbird family Trochilidae.
The genus Calothorax was introduced in 1840 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray with the lucifer sheartail as the type species. [2] [3] The name combines the Ancient Greek kalos meaning "beautiful" with thōrax meaning "breast". [4]
The genus contains two species: [5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calothorax pulcher | Beautiful sheartail | southern-central Mexico. | |
 | Calothorax lucifer | Lucifer sheartail | southwestern United States, from southwest Texas, extreme southwestern New Mexico to extreme southeastern Arizona, and in central and north Mexico. |
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