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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Microchera is a genus of hummingbirds.
Microchera | |
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Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Trochilini |
Genus: | Microchera Gould, 1858 |
Type species | |
Mellisuga albocoronata[1] Lawrence, 1855 | |
Species | |
3, see text |
The genus includes three species:[2]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Snowcap | Microchera albocoronata (Lawrence, 1855) Two subspecies[3]
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Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Coppery-headed emerald | Microchera cupreiceps (Lawrence, 1866) |
Costa Rica |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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White-tailed emerald | Microchera chionura (Gould, 1851) |
Costa Rica and Panama. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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The white-tailed emerald and the coppery-headed emerald were formerly placed in the genus Elvira. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that these two species were closely related to the snowcap in the genus Microchera.[4] The three species were therefore placed together in Microchera which has priority.[2]
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