Selasphorus

Selasphorus is a genus of hummingbirds from Middle and North America.

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Vinony's link graph records 188 inbound references to Selasphorus, and connects out to Nyctibiidae, Aegotheliformes and Apodinae.

Vinony files it under Bird genera, Hummingbird species of North America and Selasphorus.

Vinony links it to 25 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderApodiformes
FamilyTrochilidae

Observations recorded2,652,693

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 105
With media: 41
Family: Trochilidae
Collections: UAZ, LSUMZ, HSU, ROM, WFVZ, CUMV
Recorded in: United States, Costa Rica

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Trochilinae
Image: Selasphorus platycercus2.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Selasphorus
taxon rank: genus
Commons category: Selasphorus
taxon name: Selasphorus
Commons gallery: Selasphorus

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Selasphorus is a genus of hummingbirds from Middle and North America.

==Taxonomy== The genus Selasphorus was introduced in 1832 by the English naturalist William Swainson to accommodate the rufous hummingbird which is now the type species. The name combines the Ancient Greek selas meaning "light" or "flame" with -phoros meaning "-carrying".

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