Trochilinae

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida 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
Tribus: Trochilini –
Genera: Abeillia – Adelomyia – Aglaeactis – Aglaiocercus – Amazilia – Amazilis – Androdon – Anthocephala – Anthracothorax – Archilochus – Augastes – Avocettula – Basilinna – Boissonneaua – Calliphlox – Calothorax – Calypte – Campylopterus – Chaetocercus – Chalcostigma – Chalybura – Chionomesa – Chlorestes – Chlorostilbon – Chrysolampis – Chrysuronia – Coeligena – Colibri – Cynanthus – Discosura – Doricha – Doryfera – Elliotomyia – Ensifera – Eriocnemis – Eugenes – Eulampis – Eulidia – Eupetomena – Eupherusa – Goldmania – Haplophaedia – Heliactin – Heliangelus – Heliodoxa – Heliomaster – Heliothryx – Hylocharis – Hylonympha – Klais – Lafresnaya – Lampornis – Lamprolaima – Lesbia – Leucippus – Leucochloris – Loddigesia – Lophornis – Mellisuga – Metallura – Microchera – Microstilbon – Myrmia – Myrtis – Nesophlox – Ocreatus – Opisthoprora – Oreonympha – Oreotrochilus – Orthorhyncus – Oxypogon – Pampa – Panterpe – Patagona – Phaeochroa – Phaeoptila – Philodice –Phlogophilus – Polyerata – Polyonymus – Polytmus – Pterophanes – Ramosomyia – Ramphomicron – Rhodopis – Riccordia – Sappho – Saucerottia – Schistes – Selasphorus – Sephanoides – Stephanoxis – Sternoclyta – Talaphorus – Taphrolesbia – Taphrospilus – Thalurania – Thaumasius – Thaumastura – Tilmatura – Trochilus – Uranomitra – Urochroa – Urosticte

Genera now in synonymy:

Agyrtria – into Amazilia
Atthis – into Selasphorus
Cyanophaia – into Riccordia
Elvira – into Microchera
Goethalsia – into Goldmania
Aphantochroa – into Eupetomena
Popelairia – into Discosura
Lepidopyga – into Chrysuronia
Damophila – into Chlorestes
Clytolaema – into Heliodoxa
Leucolia – into Leucippus

Name

Trochilinae Vigors, 1825

Typus: Trochilus Linnaeus, 1758

References

Primary references

Vigors, N.A. 1825. Observations on the Natural Affinities that connect the Orders and Families of Birds. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 14(3): 395–517. BHL Reference page.

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 Erratum Reference page.
Stiles, F.G., Remsen, J.V., Jr. & McGuire, J.A. 2017. The generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): Reconciling taxonomy with phylogeny. Zootaxa 4353(3): 401–424. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.3.1 Full article (PDF).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.
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.