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Mellisuga
Sign in to saveMellisuga is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. They are notable for being the first and second smallest bird species in the world.
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Vinony's link graph records 176 inbound references to Mellisuga, and connects out to Nyctibiidae, Aegotheliformes and Apodinae.
It is catalogued under topics including Birds of the Greater Antilles, Hummingbird species of the Caribbean and Mellisuga.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderApodiformes
- FamilyTrochilidae
Mellisuga est un genre de colibris (famille des Trochilidae) qui regroupe deux espèces.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Collections
- UF, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Turks And Caicos Ilands, BréSil
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Trochilinae
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- Category:Mellisuga
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- taxon name
- Mellisuga
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Encyclopedic overview
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Mellisuga is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. They are notable for being the first and second smallest bird species in the world.
The genus was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the vervain hummingbird as the type species. The name Mellisuga is a combination of the Latin words mel or mellis, meaning "honey" and sugere, meaning "to suck".
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