Urochroa
Urochroa bougueri from A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds Volume 2 (1861)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Heliantheini
Genus: Urochroa
Gould, 1856
Type species
Trochilus bougueri (rufous-gaped hillstar)
Bourcier, 1851
Species
  • Urochroa bougueri
  • Urochroa leucura

Urochroa is a genus of hummingbird containing two recently-split species.

Taxonomy

The genus Urochroa was introduced in 1856 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate the rufous-gaped hillstar which is thus the type species.[1][2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek oura meaning "tail" with khroa meaning "colour" or "complexion".[3]

The green-backed hillstar was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the rufous-gaped hillstar.[4][5]

Species

The genus contains two species.[5]


Genus Urochroa – Gould, 1856 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Rufous-gaped hillstar

Urochroa bougueri
(Bourcier, 1851)		 southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru
Map of range		 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 



Green-backed hillstar

Urochroa leucura
Lawrence, 1864		 southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru
Map of range		 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 


References

  1. ↑ Gould, John (1856). A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. Vol. 2. London: self. Plate 57 and text. The 5 volumes were issued in 25 parts between 1849 and 1861. Title pages of all volumes bear the date of 1861.
  2. ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 94.
  3. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 396. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ↑ Stiles, F. Garry (2018). "Proposal 775: Split Urochroa bougueri into two species". South American Classification Committee, American Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  5. 1 2 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
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