Urochroa

Urochroa
Urochroa bougueri from A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds Volume 2 (1861)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Tribe:	Heliantheini
Genus:	Urochroa Gould, 1856
Type species
Trochilus bougueri (rufous-gaped hillstar) Bourcier, 1851
Species
Urochroa bougueri Urochroa leucura

Urochroa is a genus of hummingbird containing two recently-split species.

Taxonomy

The genus Urochroa was introduced in 1856 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate the rufous-gaped hillstar which is thus the type species. ^{[1] [2]} The genus name combines the Ancient Greek oura meaning "tail" with khroa meaning "colour" or "complexion". ^[3]

The green-backed hillstar was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the rufous-gaped hillstar. ^{[4] [5]}

Species

The genus contains two species. ^[5]

Genus Urochroa – Gould, 1856 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Rufous-gaped hillstar	Urochroa bougueri (Bourcier, 1851)	southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Green-backed hillstar	Urochroa leucura Lawrence, 1864	southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

References

1. Gould, John (1856). A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. Vol. 2. London: self. Plate 57 and text. The 5 volumes were issued in 25 parts between 1849 and 1861. Title pages of all volumes bear the date of 1861.
2. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 94.
3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 396. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
4. Stiles, F. Garry (2018). "Proposal 775: Split Urochroa bougueri into two species". South American Classification Committee, American Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 September 2022.

External links

• Media related to Urochroa at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Urochroa at Wikispecies