Cynanthus

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Cynanthus
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Broad-billed hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Trochilini
Genus: Cynanthus
Swainson, 1827
Type species
Cynanthus latirostris [1]
Swainson, 1827
Species

6, see text

Cynanthus is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

Contents

Species

The genus contains the following species: [2]

Genus Cynanthus Swainson, 1827 – six species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeSize and ecologyIUCN status and estimated population
Broad-billed hummingbird

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Cynanthus latirostris
Swainson, 1827

Three subspecies
southeastern Arizona and extreme southwestern New Mexico of the Southwestern United States and northern Sonora of Northwestern Mexico
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 LC 


Tres Marias hummingbird


Cynanthus lawrencei
(Berlepsch, 1887)
Islas Marías island group of Mexico
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 NT 


Turquoise-crowned hummingbird or Doubleday's hummingbird

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Cynanthus doubledayi
(Bourcier,, 1847)
Pacific coast of south-west Mexico
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 LC 


Golden-crowned emerald

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Cynanthus auriceps
(Gould, 1852)
west and central MexicoSize:

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 LC 


Cozumel emerald

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Cynanthus forficatus
(Ridgway, 1885)
Islands off Yucatán Peninsula
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 LC 


Canivet's emerald

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Cynanthus canivetii
(Lesson, 1832)

Three subspecies
  • C. c. canivetii
  • C. c. osberti
  • C. c. salvini
southeast Mexico to Costa RicaSize:

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 LC 



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References

  1. "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 January 2020.