Thaumasius

Thaumasius
Spot-throated hummingbird, (Thaumasius taczanowskii)
Scientific classification
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

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	Thaumasius baeri (Simon, 1901)	Ecuador and Peru.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Spot-throated hummingbird	Thaumasius taczanowskii Sclater, PL, 1879	Peru	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 January 2020.