Oreotrochilus

Oreotrochilus estella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apodiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Superordo: Caprimulgimorphae Ordo: Apodiformes

Familia: Trochilidae
Subfamilia: Trochilinae
Genus: Oreotrochilus
Species: O. adela – O. chimborazo – O. cyanolaemus – O. estella – O. leucopleurus – O. melanogaster – O. stolzmanni

Name

Oreotrochilus Gould, 1847

• Typus: Trochilus estella d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838 = Oreotrochilus estella

Synonymy

• Orotrochilus Cabanis & Heine Jr., 1860 Mus.Hein. p. 15 BHL (emend.)
• Alcidius Boucard, 1895 HummingBird p. 345 BHL
• Gnaphocercus Simon, 1918

References

Primary references

• Gould, J. 1847. Drafts for a new arrangement of the Trochilidae, with descriptions of some new Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt 15 no.168: 7–11 BHL cont. 16–17 BHL Reference page.  p. 9

Additional references

• Sornoza Molina, F., Freile, J.F., Nilsson, J., Krabbe, N. & Bonaccorso, E. 2018. A striking, critically endangered, new species of hillstar (Trochilidae: Oreotrochilus) from the southwestern Andes of Ecuador. The Auk 135(4): 1146–1171. Full article view DOI: 10.1642/AUK-18-58.1 Reference page. 

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