Philodice | |
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Magenta-throated woodstar (P. bryantae) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Mellisugini |
Genus: | Philodice Mulsant, Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1866 |
Type species | |
Trochilus mitchellii (purple-throated woodstar) Bourcier, 1847
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Species | |
Philodice is a genus of hummingbirds in the tribe Mellisugini and family Trochilidae.
The genus Philodice was introduced in 1866 by the French ornithologists Étienne Mulsant, Jules Verreaux and Édouard Verreaux to accommodate a single species, the purple-throated woodstar, which is therefore the type species.[1][2] The genus name comes from Greek mythology, Pholodice was the wife of Leucippus and daughter of Inachus.[3]
The genus now contains two species that were formerly assigned to Calliphlox. They were placed in the resurrected genus Philodice based on a molecular phylogenetic study that was published in 2017.[4][5]
The two species are:[5]
Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
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Philodice bryantae | Magenta-throated woodstar | Costa Rica and Panama |
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Philodice mitchellii | Purple-throated woodstar | Colombia and Ecuador, and a minor localized population in Panama |