Chalcostigma

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Chalcostigma

Genus of birds

Chalcostigma is a genus of South American hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.

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Taxonomy and species list

The genus Chalcostigma was introduced in 1854 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach.[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the bronze-tailed thornbill by George Gray.[2][3] The name of the genus is derived from the Greek khalkos meaning bronze and stigme for a spot or mark, a reference to the beard on the bronze-tailed thornbill.[4]

The genus contains the following five species:[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Reichenbach, Ludwig (1854). "Aufzählung der Colibris Oder Trochilideen in ihrer wahren natürlichen Verwandtschaft, nebst Schlüssel ihrer Synonymik". Journal für Ornithologie (Supplement) (in German). 1: 1–24 [12].
  2. [2]
    Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 141.
  3. [3]
    Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 121.
  4. [4]
    Jobling, James A. (1991). A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 48. ISBN 0-19-854634-3.
  5. [5]
    Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2021.


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