Doricha | |
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Mexican sheartail, Doricha eliza | |
Scientific 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
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Doricha is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.
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]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Mexican sheartail | Doricha eliza (Lesson, RP & Delattre, 1839) |
Mexico![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
NT
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Slender sheartail | Doricha enicura (Vieillot, 1818) |
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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