Selasphorus

Taxobox
name = "Selasphorus"

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image_width = 200px
image_caption = Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird ("Selasphorus platycercus") at nest
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Apodiformes
familia = Trochilidae
subfamilia = Trochilinae
genus = "Selasphorus"
genus_authority = Swainson, 1832
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="Selasphorus ardens" "Selasphorus flammula" "Selasphorus platycercus" "Selasphorus rufus" "Selasphorus sasin" "Selasphorus scintilla"

"Selasphorus" is a genus of hummingbirds. It contains the following species:

*Scintillant Hummingbird, "Selasphorus scintilla"
*Glow-throated Hummingbird, "Selasphorus ardens"
*Volcano Hummingbird, "Selasphorus flammula"
*Broad-tailed Hummingbird, "Selasphorus platycercus"
*Rufous Hummingbird, "Selasphorus rufus"
*Allen's Hummingbird, "Selasphorus sasin"