| Chrysuronia | |
|---|---|
| Golden-tailed sapphire, (Chrysuronia oenone) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Trochilini |
| Genus: | Chrysuronia Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Ornismya oenone (golden-tailed sapphire) Lesson, R, 1832 | |
| Species | |
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Chrysuronia is agenus of hummingbirds in the familyTrochilidae, all of which are native toCentral andSouth America.
The genusChrysuronia was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalistCharles Lucien Bonaparte.[1] Bonaparte did not specify atype species but this was designated as thegolden-tailed sapphire in 1855 byGeorge Robert Gray.[2][3] The genus name is aportmanteau of the specific names of twosynonyms of the golden-tailed sapphire:Ornismya chrysuraLesson, R, 1832 andOrnismia oenone Lesson, 1832.[4]
This genus formerly included only a single species, the golden-tailed sapphire. Amolecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the generaAmazilia andLepidopyga werepolyphyletic.[5] In the revised classification to createmonophyletic genera,Chrysuronia was broadened to include species that had previous been placed inAmazilia,Hylocharis andLepidopyga.[6][7]
The genus now contains ten species:[6]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shining-green hummingbird Male | Chrysuronia goudoti (Bourcier, 1843) | Colombia and Venezuela | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Golden-tailed sapphire Male | Chrysuronia oenone (Lesson, R, 1832) | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Versicolored emerald Male | Chrysuronia versicolor (Vieillot, 1818) | northern Bolivia, eastern Paraguay, far north-eastern Argentina, and eastern, southern and central Brazil | Size: Habitat: Diet: | EN |
| Mangrove hummingbird | Chrysuronia boucardi (Mulsant, 1877) | Costa Rica. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Sapphire-throated hummingbird Male | Chrysuronia coeruleogularis (Gould, 1851) Three subspecies
| Panama, Colombia, and more recently Costa Rica | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Sapphire-bellied hummingbird | Chrysuronia lilliae (Stone, 1917) | Colombia | Size: Habitat: Diet: | EN |
| Humboldt's sapphire | Chrysuronia humboldtii (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852) | Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Blue-headed sapphire | Chrysuronia grayi (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) | Colombia and Ecuador. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| White-chested emerald | Chrysuronia brevirostris (Lesson, R, 1829) Three subspecies
| Brazil, the Guianas, Trinidad, and Venezuela. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Plain-bellied emerald | Chrysuronia leucogaster (Gmelin, JF, 1788) Two subspecies
| Brazil, the Guianas, and Venezuela. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
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