Eugenes

Summary

Eugenes is a genus of hummingbirds that inhabit North America.

Eugenes
male Rivoli's hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Lampornithini
Genus: Eugenes
Gould, 1856
Type species
Trochilus fulgens[1]
Swainson, 1827
Species

2, see text

Species edit

The genus contains two species:[2]

Male Female Common Name Scientific name Distribution
    Rivoli's hummingbird Eugenes fulgens southwestern United States to Honduras and Nicaragua.
    Talamanca hummingbird Eugenes spectabilis Costa Rica to Panama.


References edit

  1. ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

External links edit

  •   Media related to Eugenes at Wikimedia Commons
  •   Data related to Eugenes at Wikispecies