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Jacobin (hummingbird)
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| Jacobin (hummingbird) | |
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| Black jacobin, (Florisuga fusca) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Subfamily: | Florisuginae |
| Genus: | Florisuga Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Trochilus mellivorus Linnaeus, 1758
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| Species | |
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2, see text | |
The jacobins are two species of hummingbirds in the genus Florisuga.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Florisuga was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The name combines the Latin flos, floris meaning "flower" with sugere meaning "to suck".[1] The type species is the white-necked jacobin.[2]
The genus contains the following species:[3]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| White-necked jacobin
Male
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Florisuga mellivora (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Black jacobin
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Florisuga fusca (Vieillot, 1817) |
eastern Brazil, Uruguay, eastern Paraguay, and far north-eastern Argentina
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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References
[edit]- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 21.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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