Firecrown
Genus of birds
Firecrown | |
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Green-backed firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Lesbiini |
Genus: | Sephanoides G.R. Gray, 1840 |
Type species | |
Mellisuga kingii[1] Vigors, 1827 | |
Species | |
S. sephaniodes |
The firecrowns are the genus Sephanoides of the hummingbirds.
Species
There are two species.[2]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Green-backed firecrown
| Sephanoides sephaniodes (Lesson & Garnot, 1827) | Argentina and Chile![]() | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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Juan Fernández firecrown
| Sephanoides fernandensis (King, 1831) Two subspecies
| Isla Róbinson Crusoe, Chile![]() | Size: Habitat: Diet: | CR
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The green-backed firecrown occurs widely in Argentina and Chile, but the Juan Fernández firecrown is found solely on Isla Róbinson Crusoe, one of a three-island archipelago belonging to Chile.
Both species will hang from flower petals or leaves with their feet. They feed on nectar and insects
References
- ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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