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Polyerata

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Polyerata
Blue-chested hummingbird, (Polyerata amabilis)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Trochilini
Genus: Polyerata
Heine, 1863
Type species
Trochilus amabilis (blue-chested hummingbird)
Gould, 1853
Species

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Polyerata is a genus of hummingbirds.

Species

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The genus contains three species:[1]

Genus Polyerata Heine, 1863 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Blue-chested hummingbird

Polyerata amabilis
(Gould, 1853)
Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama
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Charming hummingbird

Polyerata decora
Salvin, 1891
Costa Rica and Panama.
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Purple-chested hummingbird

Polyerata rosenbergi
Boucard, 1895
Colombia and Ecuador.
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These species were formerly placed in the genus Amazilia. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Amazilia was polyphyletic.[2] In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, these three species were moved to the resurrected genus Polyerata that had been introduced in 1863 by the German ornithologist Ferdinand Heine to accommodate the blue-chested hummingbird which therefore becomes the type species.[1][3][4] The genus name is from Ancient Greek poluēratos meaning "very lovely".[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  2. ^ McGuire, J.; Witt, C.; Remsen, J.V.; Corl, A.; Rabosky, D.; Altshuler, D.; Dudley, R. (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds". Current Biology. 24 (8): 910–916. Bibcode:2014CBio...24..910M. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016. PMID 24704078.
  3. ^ Stiles, F.G.; Remsen, J.V. Jr.; Mcguire, J.A. (2017). "The generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): reconciling taxonomy with phylogeny". Zootaxa. 4353 (3): 401–424. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4353.3. PMID 29245495.
  4. ^ Heine, Ferdinand (1863). "Trochilidica". Journal für Ornithologie (in German). 11 (3): 173–217 [194]. doi:10.1007/BF02004901.
  5. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 313. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.