Firecrown

Firecrown

Taxobox
name = Firecrown


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Apodiformes
familia = Trochilidae
genus = " Sephanoides "
genus_authority = G. R. Gray, 1840
subdivision_ranks = species
subdivision = "S. sephaniodes "
"S. fernandensis "

The firecrowns are the genus "Sephanoides" of the hummingbirds. There are two species.
*Green-backed Firecrown, "Sephanoides sephaniodes "
*Juan Fernández Firecrown, "Sephanoides fernandensis"

The Green-backed Firecrown occurs widely in Argentina and Chile, but the Juan Fernández Firecrown is found solely on Isla Róbinson Crusoe, one of a three-island archipelago belonging to Chile.

Both species will hang from flower petals or leaves with their feet. They feed on nectar and insects

References:

* [http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=553717 ITIS]


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