Ramosomyia violiceps

Ramosomyia violiceps

Ramosomyia violiceps — 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: Ramosomyia
Species: Ramosomyia violiceps
Subspecies: R. v. ellioti – R. v. violiceps

Name

Ramosomyia violiceps (Gould, 1859)

• Type locality: Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico.

Synonyms

• Cyanomyia violiceps (protonym)
• Amazilia violiceps (Gould, 1859)
• Agyrtria violiceps (Gould, 1859)
• Leucolia violiceps (Gould, 1859)

References

Primary references

• Gould, J. 1859. Descriptions of four new Species of Humming-birds from Mexico. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology 3(4): 96–98. BHL Reference page.  p. 97

Additional references

• 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 ErratumReference page. 
• Bruce, M.D. & Stiles, F.G. 2021. The generic nomenclature of the emeralds, Trochilini (Apodiformes: Trochilidae): two replacement generic names required. Zootaxa 4950(2): 377–382. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4950.2.8 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Violet-crowned Hummingbird
español: Amazilia coronivioleta

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