Nesophlox

Nesophlox
Bahama woodstar, (Nesophlox evelynae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Tribe:	Mellisugini
Genus:	Nesophlox Ridgway, 1910
Species
2, see text
Synonyms
Calliphlox

Nesophlox is a genus in the family of Hummingbirds. It consists of two endemic hummingbirds of the Bahamas.

Species

The genus contains two species: ^[1]

Genus Nesophlox – Ridgway, 1910 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Bahama woodstar	Nesophlox evelynae (Bourcier, 1847)	Bahama and Turks and Caicos islands	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Inagua woodstar	Nesophlox lyrura (Gould, 1869)	Inagua in the Bahamas.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

These species were formerly placed in the genus Calliphlox . Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2014 and 2017 found that the genus Calliphlox was polyphyletic. ^{[2] [3]} In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, the Bahama woodstar and the Inagua woodstar were moved to the resurrected genus Nesophlox that had been introduced by Robert Ridgway in 1910. ^{[1] [4]}

References

1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 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. Licona-Vera, Yuyini; Ornelas, Juan Francisco (2017). "The conquering of North America: dated phylogenetic and biogeographic inference of migratory behavior in bee hummingbirds". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (1): 126. Bibcode:2017BMCEE..17..126L. doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-0980-5 . PMC   5460336 . PMID   28583078.
4. Chesser, R.T.; Burns, K.J.; Cicero, C.; Dunn, J.L.; Kratter, A.W; Lovette, I.J.; Rasmussen, P.C.; Remsen, J.V. Jr; Stotz, D.F.; Winker, K. (2019). "Sixtieth supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds". The Auk. 136 (3): 1–23. doi: 10.1093/auk/ukz042 .