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Heliothryx
Sign in to saveHeliothryx is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. The genus is assigned to the subfamily Polytminae which is sometimes referred to by the informal name "mangoes".
Species
Purple-crowned Fairy
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderApodiformes
- FamilyTrochilidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 192
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Collections
- ROM, USNM, WFVZ, CM, CUMV
- Recorded in
- French Guiana, Ecuador, Suriname, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Trochilinae
- Image
- Black-eared Fairy (Heliothryx aurita).jpg
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- Heliothryx
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- Heliothryx
- topic's main category
- Category:Heliothryx
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Encyclopedic overview
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Heliothryx is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. The genus is assigned to the subfamily Polytminae which is sometimes referred to by the informal name "mangoes".
==Taxonomy== The genus Heliothryx was introduced in 1831 by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie. Boie did not specify the type species but this was designated as the black-eared fairy by George Robert Gray in 1840. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek hēlios meaning "sun" with thrix meaning "hair".
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