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The white-tailed emerald and the coppery-headed emerald were formerly placed in the genus ''Elvira''. A [[molecular phylogenetic]] study published in 2014 found that these two species were closely related to the [[snowcap]] in the genus ''Microchera''.<ref>{{ cite journal | last1=McGuire | first1=J. | last2=Witt | first2=C. | last3=Remsen | first3=J.V. | last4=Corl | first4=A. | last5=Rabosky | first5=D. | last6=Altshuler | first6=D. | last7=Dudley | first7=R. | date=2014 | title=Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds | journal=Current Biology | volume=24 | issue=8 | pages=910–916 | doi=10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016 | pmid=24704078 | doi-access=free }}</ref> The three species were therefore placed together in ''Microchera'' which has priority.<ref name=ioc/>
The white-tailed emerald and the coppery-headed emerald were formerly placed in the genus ''Elvira''. A [[molecular phylogenetic]] study published in 2014 found that these two species were closely related to the [[snowcap]] in the genus ''Microchera''.<ref>{{ cite journal | last1=McGuire | first1=J. | last2=Witt | first2=C. | last3=Remsen | first3=J.V. | last4=Corl | first4=A. | last5=Rabosky | first5=D. | last6=Altshuler | first6=D. | last7=Dudley | first7=R. | date=2014 | title=Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds | journal=Current Biology | volume=24 | issue=8 | pages=910–916 | doi=10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016 | pmid=24704078 | doi-access=free | bibcode=2014CBio...24..910M }}</ref> The three species were therefore placed together in ''Microchera'' which has priority.<ref name=ioc/>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 20:28, 3 July 2024

Microchera
Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Trochilini
Genus: Microchera
Gould, 1858
Type species
Mellisuga albocoronata[1]
Lawrence, 1855
Species

3, see text

Microchera is a genus of hummingbirds.

Species

The genus includes three species:[2]

Genus Microchera Gould, 1858 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Snowcap


Male
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Female

Microchera albocoronata
(Lawrence, 1855)

Two subspecies[3]
  • M. a. albocoronata
  • (Lawrence, 1855)
  • M. a. parvirostris
  • (Lawrence, 1865)
Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama
Map of range
Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Coppery-headed emerald


Male
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Female

Microchera cupreiceps
(Lawrence, 1866)
Costa Rica
Map of range
Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


White-tailed emerald

Microchera chionura
(Gould, 1851)
Costa Rica and Panama.
Map of range
Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 



The white-tailed emerald and the coppery-headed emerald were formerly placed in the genus Elvira. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that these two species were closely related to the snowcap in the genus Microchera.[4] The three species were therefore placed together in Microchera which has priority.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (August 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List. v 12.2. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  4. ^ McGuire, J.; Witt, C.; Remsen, J.V.; Corl, A.; Rabosky, D.; Altshuler, D.; Dudley, R. (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds". Current Biology. 24 (8): 910–916. Bibcode:2014CBio...24..910M. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016. PMID 24704078.