Chlorostilbon mellisugus

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: Chlorostilbon
Species: Chlorostilbon mellisugus
Subspecies: C. m. caribaeus – C. m. duidae – C. m. mellisugus – C. m. napensis – C. m. peruanus – C. m. phoeopygus – C. m. subfurcatus

Synonyms: C. m. nanus – included in caribeus; C. m. vitticeps – included in napensis.

Name

Chlorostilbon mellisugus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

Trochilus mellisugus (protonym)
Ornismya prasina Lesson, 1830 Hist.Nat.Ois.-Mouches (1829) p. 188 pl.65 BHL
Hylocharis daphne Bonaparte, 1854 Rev.Mag.Zool. p. 255 BHL
Chlorostilbon brevicaudatus Gould, 1861 Intr.Trochil. p. 178 BHL

References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 121 BHL Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Blue-tailed Emerald
español: Esmeralda coliazul
suomi: Mesismaragdikolibri
français: Émeraude orvert
magyar: Kékfarkú smaragdkolibri
português: esmeralda-de-cauda-azul
svenska: Blåstjärtad smaragd

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