Calypte
Sign in to saveCalypte is a genus of hummingbirds. It consists of two species found in western North America.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderApodiformes
- FamilyTrochilidae
Observations recorded5,130,896
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 40
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Collections
- CAS, USNM, UAZ, WFVZ, DMNH, SDNHM
- Recorded in
- United States
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- Parent taxon
- Trochilinae
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- Calypte-anna-002.jpg
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Calypte is a genus of hummingbirds. It consists of two species found in western North America.
==Taxonomy== The genus Calypte was introduced in 1856 by the English ornithologist John Gould. The type species was subsequently designated as Costa's hummingbird. Gould did not explain the derivation of the genus name but it is probably from the Ancient Greek kaluptrē meaning "woman’s veil" or "head-dress" (from kaluptō meaning "to cover"). The genus now contains two species.
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