Florisuginae | |
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Malewhite-necked jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Subfamily: | Florisuginae Bonaparte, 1853 |
Genera | |
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Florisuginae is one of the sixsubfamilies in the hummingbirdfamilyTrochilidae.
The subfamily contains two genera,Topaza andFlorisuga, which each contain two species.
Amolecular phylogenetic study of the hummingbirds published in 2007 found that the family was composed of nine majorclades.[1] WhenEdward Dickinson andJames Van Remsen, Jr. updated theHoward and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World for the 4th edition in 2013 they divided the hummingbirds into sixsubfamilies and proposed using the name Florisuginae for the clade consisting of the generaTopaza andFlorisuga. The subfamily Florisuginae had originally been introduced (as Florisugeae) by the French naturalistCharles Lucien Bonaparte in 1853.[2][3]
Molecular phylogenetic studies by Jimmy McGuire and collaborators published between 2007 and 2014 determined the relationships between the major groups of hummingbirds.[4][1][5] In thecladogram below the English names are those introduced in 1997.[6] The Latin names are those proposed by Dickinson and Remsen in 2013.[7]
Trochilidae |
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The subfamily contains four species.[8]
Image | Genus | Living species |
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![]() | Topaza |
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![]() | Florisuga |
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