Nesophlox | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Bahama woodstar, (Nesophlox evelynae) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Mellisugini |
Genus: | Nesophlox Ridgway, 1910 |
Species | |
2, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Calliphlox |
Nesophlox is a genus in the family of Hummingbirds. It consists of two endemic hummingbirds of the Bahamas.
The genus contains two species:[1]
Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
---|---|---|---|
![]() |
Nesophlox evelynae | Bahama woodstar, | Bahama and Turks and Caicos islands |
![]() |
Nesophlox lyrura | Inagua woodstar | Inagua in the Bahamas. |
These species were formerly placed in the genus Calliphlox. Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2014 and 2017 found that the genus Calliphlox was polyphyletic.[2][3] In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, the Bahama woodstar and the Inagua woodstar were moved to the resurrected genus Nesophlox that had been introduced by Robert Ridgway in 1910.[1][4]