Ramosomyia | |
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Cinnamon-sided hummingbird, (Ramosomyia wagneri) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Trochilini |
Genus: | Ramosomyia M.D. Bruce & F.G. Stiles, 2021 |
Species | |
3, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Leucolia |
Ramosomyia is a genus in family Trochilidae, the hummingbirds, that was created in 2021 to replace Leucolia.
The genus contains three species:[1]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Violet-crowned hummingbird | Ramosomyia violiceps (Gould, 1859) Two subspecies
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Mexico and the southwestern United States. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Green-fronted hummingbird | Ramosomyia viridifrons (Elliot, 1871) |
Mexico and possibly Guatemala |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Cinnamon-sided hummingbird | Ramosomyia wagneri (Phillips, AR, 1966) |
Mexico |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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These species were early placed in the genus Amazilia. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genus Amazilia was polyphyletic.[2] In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, these Mexican species were placed in the resurrected genus Leucolia by some taxonomic systems.[3] However, a study published in 2021 showed that Leucolia was not available because of the principle of priority. The authors proposed the new genus Ramosomyia and in mid-2022 it was adopted by the North American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society and the International Ornithological Committee.[4][5][1] As of that date the Clements taxonomy retains the three species in Leucolia and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World in the earlier Amazilia.[6][7]