Biology:Calypte

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Short description: Genus of birds

Calypte
Calypte-anna-002.jpg
male Anna's hummingbird
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Mellisugini
Genus: Calypte
Gould, 1856
Type species
Ornismya costae
Bourcier, 1839
Species

C. anna
C. costae

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.[1] The type species was subsequently designated as Costa's hummingbird.[2] 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").[3] The genus now contains two species.[4]

Species

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Anna's Hummingbird- San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary (4415114665).jpg Calypte anna Anna's hummingbird United States(Oregon, Washington, California), Canada, and Baja California, Mexico
Costas-hummingbird.JPG Calypte costae Costa's hummingbird Southwestern United States and the Baja California Peninsula of Mexico.

References

  1. Gould, John (1856). A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. 4. London: self. Plates 134, 135, 136 and text (Part 11, Plates 5, 6 and 7). https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35246269.  The 5 volumes were issued in 25 parts between 1849 and 1861. Title pages of all volumes bear the date of 1861.
  2. Peters, James Lee, ed (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 136. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480147. 
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. 
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (January 2021). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/hummingbirds/. 
  • "National Geographic". Field Guide to the Birds of North America. ISBN:0-7922-6877-6.

Wikidata ☰ Q857651 entry