Coeligena iris

Coeligena iris ♂, Utuana reserve, Loja, Ecuador

Coeligena iris — distribution map

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: Coeligena
Species: Coeligena iris
Subspecies: C. i. aurora – C. i. eva – C. i. flagrans – C. i. fulgidiceps – C. i. hesperus – C. i. iris

Synonyms: C. i. hypocrita – included in fulgidiceps.

Name

Coeligena iris (Gould, 1853)

• Type locality: Eastern slopes of the Andes.

Synonyms

• Helianthea iris (protonym)
• Diphogena iris (Gould, 1854)

References

• Gould, J. 1853. Description of five new species of Humming Birds. The Athenaeum. Journal of English and Foreign Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts no.1329 Internet archive p. 481 Reference page.  [has priority over PZS pt.21 no.251 p. 61 BHL published 25 July 1854.]

Vernacular names

English: Rainbow Starfrontlet
español: Inca arcoiris
magyar: Szivárványos csillagoskolibri

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