Plumeleteer
| Chalybura | |
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| Bronze-tailed plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Trochilini |
| Genus: | Chalybura Reichenbach, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Trochilus buffonii Lesson, 1832
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| Species | |
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The plumeleteers are a genus Chalybura of Neotropical hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Chalybura was introduced in 1854 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach. He listed three species in the new genus but did not specify the type species.[1] In 1879 Daniel Giraud Elliot selected Trochilus buffoni Lesson, the white-vented plumeleteer, as the type.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek χαλυψ/khalups meaning "steel" with -ουρος/-ouros meaning "-tailed".[4]
A phylogenetic study published in 2014 found the genus Chalybura containing the plumeleteers was sister to the genus Thalurania containing the woodnymphs.[5]
The genus contains the following two species:[6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Chalybura buffonii | White-vented plumeleteer | Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela |
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Chalybura urochrysia | Bronze-tailed plumeleteer | eastern Honduras to northwestern Ecuador |
References
[edit]- ^ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1854). "Aufzählung der Colibris Oder Trochilideen in ihrer wahren natürlichen Verwandtschaft, nebst Schlüssel ihrer Synonymik". Journal für Ornithologie (Supplement) (in German). 1: 1–24 [10].
- ^ Elliot, Daniel Giraud (1879). A Classification and Synopsis of the Trochilidae. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. p. 45.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 78.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Chalybura". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ McGuire, J.; Witt, C.; Remsen, J.V.; Corl, A.; Rabosky, D.; Altshuler, D.; Dudley, R. (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds". Current Biology. 24 (8): 910–916. Bibcode:2014CBio...24..910M. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016. PMID 24704078.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
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