Chrysuronia
Sign in to saveChrysuronia is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae, all of which are native to Central and South America.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderApodiformes
- FamilyTrochilidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, UNICAMP
- Recorded in
- Venezuela
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Chrysuronia is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae, all of which are native to Central and South America.
==Taxonomy== The genus Chrysuronia was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. Bonaparte did not specify a type species but this was designated as the golden-tailed sapphire in 1855 by George Robert Gray. The genus name is a portmanteau of the specific names of two synonyms of the golden-tailed sapphire: Ornismya chrysura Lesson, R, 1832 and Ornismia oenone Lesson, 1832.
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