Calothorax
Sign in to saveCalothorax is a genus of birds in the hummingbird family Trochilidae.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderApodiformes
- FamilyTrochilidae
Observations recorded30,295
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- Trochilinae
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- Calothorax lucifer 1841.jpg
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Calothorax is a genus of birds in the hummingbird family Trochilidae.
==Taxonomy== The genus Calothorax was introduced in 1840 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray with the lucifer sheartail as the type species. The name combines the Ancient Greek kalos meaning "beautiful" with thōrax meaning "breast".
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