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==Species==
==Species==
The genus includes three species:<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=July 2020 | title=Hummingbirds | work=IOC World Bird List Version 10.2 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/hummingbirds/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=6 January 2020 }}</ref>
The genus includes three species:<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=July 2020 | title=Hummingbirds | work=IOC World Bird List Version 10.2 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/hummingbirds/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=6 January 2020 }}</ref>

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*[[Snowcap]], ''Microchera albocoronata''
{{Species table |genus=Microchera |authority-name=[[John Gould|Gould]] |authority-year=1858 |species-count=three|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}
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*[[Coppery-headed emerald]], ''Microchera cupreiceps''

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*[[White-tailed emerald]], ''Microchera chionura''
{{Species table/row
|name=Snowcap |binomial=[[Microchera albocoronata]]
|image=File:Snowcap - El Tapir - Costa Rica S4E0785 (26612171081).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=|image-caption=Male
|image2 =File:Female Snowcap Hummingbird.jpg|image2-caption=Female
|authority-name=Lawrence |authority-year=1855 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama
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|range-image=File:Microchera albocoronata map.svg
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= LC
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies<ref name=IOC12.2>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/hummingbirds/ |title=Hummingbirds |website=IOC World Bird List |version =v 12.2 |editor-last1=Gill |editor-first1= F. |editor-last2=Donsker|editor-first2=D.|editor-last3=Rasmussen |editor-first3=P. |date=August 2022 |access-date=August 9, 2022 }}</ref> |bullets=on
|M. a. albocoronata|(Lawrence, 1855)
|M. a. parvirostris|(Lawrence, 1865)
}}
}}

{{Species table/row
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|name= Coppery-headed emerald|binomial=[[Microchera cupreiceps]]
|image=File:Elvira cupreiceps Santa Elena 1.JPG|image-size=180px |image-alt=|image-caption=Male
|image2 =File:Coppery-headed emerald cocora cloud forest 3.27.24 DSC 2275-topaz-denoiseraw-sharpen.jpg|image2-caption=Female
|authority-name=Lawrence |authority-year=1866 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Costa Rica
|range-image=File:Elvira cupreiceps map.svg
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= LC
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies=
}}

{{Species table/row
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|name=White-tailed emerald |binomial=[[Microchera chionura]]
|image=File:White-tailed Emerald imported from iNaturalist photo 99145531 on 12 August 2023.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Gould |authority-year=1851 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Costa Rica and Panama.
|range-image=File:Elvira chionura map.svg
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= LC
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies=
}}
{{Species table/end}}




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 }}</ref> The three species were therefore placed together in ''Microchera'' which has priority.<ref name=ioc/>

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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
{{{image-alt2}}}
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
{{{image-alt2}}}
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. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016. PMID 24704078.


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