Trochilus

Trochilus

Taxobox
name = Streamertail
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Apodiformes
familia = Trochilidae
genus = "Trochilus"
genus_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "1-2, see text"

The Streamertails are hummingbirds in the genus "Trochilus" that is endemic to Jamaica. It is the type genus of the Trochilidae family. Today most authorities consider the two taxa in this genus as separate species, but some (e.g. AOU) continue to treat them as conspecific, in which case "scitulus" is a subspecies of "T. polytmus". A wide range of common names apply to this combined species, including Green-and-black Streamertail, Jamaican Streamertail or simply Streamertail. The name "streamertail" is a reference to the greatly elongated rectrices of the males.

pecies

* Red-billed Streamertail ("Trochilus polytmus")
* Black-billed Streamertail ("Trochilus scitulus")

Referecens

* Schuchmann, K. L. (1999). Genus Trochilus. Pp. 572 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., & Sargatal, K. eds. (1999). "Handbook of the Birds of the World.". Vol. 5. Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-87334-25-3


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