Amazilia

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: Amazilia
Species: A. luciae – A. rutila – A. tzacatl – A. yucatanensis

Species transferred to other genera:

To Saucerottia: A. beryllina – A. castaneiventris – A. cyanifrons – A. cyanocephala – A. cyanura – A. edward – A. saucerottei –A. tobaci – A. viridigaster
To Amazilis: A. amazilia
To Polyerata: A. amabilis – A. decora – A. rosenbergi
To Chrysuronia: A. boucardi – A. brevirostris – A. leucogaster – A. versicolor
To Chlorestes: A. candida
To Elliotomyia: A. chionogaster – A. viridicauda
To Chionomesa: A. fimbriata – A. lactea
To Uranomitra: A. franciae
To Ramosomyia: A. violiceps – A. viridifrons – A. wagneri

Name

Amazilia Lesson, 1843

Typus: Ornismya rutila Delattre, 1843 = Amazilia rutila

Synonyms

Eranna Heine, 1863 J.Ornith. p. 187 BHL
Arena Mulsant, 1877 Hist.Nat.Ois.-Mouches p. 5 BHL

References

Primary references

Lesson, R.P. 1843. Complément a l'histoire naturelle des oiseaux-mouches; tom.4 inédit. L'Écho du monde savant et l'Hermès: journal analytique des nouvelles et des cours scientifiques (2)10: no.31 3º art. col.732–735 BHL; no.32 4º art. col.755–758 BHL Reference page. col. 757

Additional references

Schuchmann, K-L. 1999. Family Trochilidae (hummingbirds). Pp. 468-680 in Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 5. Barn-owls to hummingbirds. (J. del Hoyo et al., eds.). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Abstract Reference page.
McGuire, J.A., Witt, C.C., Altshuler, D.L. & Remsen, Jr., J.V. 2007. Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of hummingbirds: Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood analyses of partitioned data and selection of an appropriate partitioning strategy. Systematic Biology 56(5):837–856. DOI: 10.1080/10635150701656360 Reference page.
McGuire, J.A., Witt, C.C., Remsen, Jr., J.V., Dudley, R. & Altshuler, D.L. 2008. A higher-level taxonomy for hummingbirds. Journal of Ornithology 150:155–165. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-008-0330-x Full article (PDF)Reference page.
McGuire, J.A., Witt, C.C., Remsen, Jr., J.V., Corl, A., Rabosky, D.L., Altshuler, D.L. & Dudley, R. 2014. Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of Hummingbirds. Current Biology 24: 910–916. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016 Erratum Reference page.
Stiles, F.G., Piacentini, V.Q. & Remsen, Jr., J.V. 2017. A brief history of the generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): the chaos of the past and problems to be resolved. Zootaxa 4269(3): 396–412. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.4 PDF.Reference page.
Albertazzi, F.J., Alvarado, G. & Stiles, F.G. 2024. Phylogenetic relationships of the Mangrove Hummingbird, “Amazilia” boucardi (Apodiformes: Trochilidae) of Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical 72(1): e49359 DOI: 10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v72i1.49359 ResearchGate Reference page.