Selasphorus

Selasphorus
Female broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) at nest
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Trochilinae
Tribe: Mellisugini
Genus: Selasphorus
Swainson, 1832
Type species
Selasphorus rufus
Gmelin, 1788
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Atthis Reichenbach, 1854
  • Stellula Gould, 1861

Selasphorus is a genus of hummingbirds from Middle and North America.

  1. ^ "Selasphorus Swainson, 1832". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 July 2022.