Doricha
Mexican sheartail, Doricha eliza
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Mellisugini
Genus: Doricha
Reichenbach, 1854
Type species
Trochilus enicurus (slender sheartail)
Vieillot, 1818

Doricha is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.

Taxonomy

The genus Doricha was introduced in 1854 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach to accommodate the slender sheartail which is thus the type species.[1][2] The genus name is that of Rhodopsis a celebrated Ancient Greek courtesan or hetaira.[3]

The genus contains the following species:[4]

Genus Doricha – Reichenbach, 1854 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Mexican sheartail

Doricha eliza
(Lesson, RP & Delattre, 1839) 		Mexico
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 NT 


Slender sheartail

Doricha enicura
(Vieillot, 1818) 		El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 



References

  1. ^ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1854). "Aufzählung der Colibris Oder Trochilideen in ihrer wahren natürlichen Verwandtschaft, nebst Schlüssel ihrer Synonymik". Journal für Ornithologie (Supplement) (in German). 1: 1–24 [12].
  2. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 132–133.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 September 2022.


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