Elliotomyia

Elliotomyia
White-bellied hummingbird, (Elliotomyia chionogaster)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Tribe:	Trochilini
Genus:	Elliotomyia Stiles & Remsen, 2019
Species
2, see text

Elliotomyia is a genus in the family of Hummingbirds.

Species

The genus contains two species: ^[1]

Genus Elliotomyia – Stiles & Remsen, 2019 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
White-bellied hummingbird	Elliotomyia chionogaster (Tschudi, 1846) Two subspecies E. c. chionogaster E. c. hypoleuca	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Green-and-white hummingbird	Elliotomyia viridicauda (von Berlepsch, 1883)	Peru	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

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, the white-bellied hummingbird and the green-and-white hummingbird were placed in a new genus Elliotomyia. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

References

1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Stiles, F. Gary; Remsen, J.V. Jr (2019). "The generic nomenclature of the Trochilini: a correction". Zootaxa. 4691 (2): 195–196. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4691.2.10. PMID   31719409. S2CID   207962459.