Genus of birds
Archilochus is a genus of hummingbirds . It consists of two small migratory species which breed in North America and winter in Central America , Mexico and the southern United States .
The genus Archilochus was introduced in 1854 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach with the black-chinned hummingbird as the type species .[ 1] [ 2] The name Archilochus is that of a Greek lyric poet from the island of Paros who lived around 650 BC.[ 3] Two species are placed in the genus.[ 4]
Genus Archilochus – Reichenbach , 1854 – two species
Common name
Scientific name and subspecies
Range
Size and ecology
IUCN status and estimated population
Ruby-throated hummingbird
Male
Female
Archilochus colubris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Central America, Mexico, and Florida, and migrates to Eastern North America
Size : Habitat : Diet :
LC
Black-chinned hummingbird
Male
Female
Archilochus alexandri (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846)
Western United States, reaching north into Canada in Alberta and British Columbia, east to Oklahoma, and as far south as Mexico.
Size : Habitat : Diet :
LC
References
^ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1854). "Aufzählung der Colibris Oder Trochilideen in ihrer wahren natürlichen Verwandtschaft, nebst Schlüssel ihrer Synonymik" . Journal für Ornithologie (Supplement) (in German). 1 : 1–24 [13].
^ Peters, James Lee , ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World . Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 134.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . London: Christopher Helm. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
^ Gill, Frank ; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela , eds. (January 2021). "Hummingbirds" . IOC World Bird List Version 11.1 . International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 January 2021 .