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Microchera

Microchera
Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Trochilini
Genus: Microchera
Gould, 1858
Type species
Mellisuga albocoronata[1]
Lawrence, 1855
Species

3, see text

Microchera is a genus of hummingbirds.

Species

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The genus includes three species:[2]

Genus Microchera – Gould, 1858 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Snowcap


Male
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Female

Microchera albocoronata
(Lawrence, 1855)

Two subspecies[3]
  • M. a. albocoronata
  • (Lawrence, 1855)
  • M. a. parvirostris
  • (Lawrence, 1865)
Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Coppery-headed emerald


Male
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Female

Microchera cupreiceps
(Lawrence, 1866) 		Costa Rica
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


White-tailed emerald

Microchera chionura
(Gould, 1851) 		Costa Rica and Panama.
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 



The white-tailed emerald and the coppery-headed emerald were formerly placed in the genus Elvira. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that these two species were closely related to the snowcap in the genus Microchera.[4] The three species were therefore placed together in Microchera which has priority.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (August 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List. v 12.2. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  4. ^ McGuire, J.; Witt, C.; Remsen, J.V.; Corl, A.; Rabosky, D.; Altshuler, D.; Dudley, R. (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds". Current Biology. 24 (8): 910–916. Bibcode:2014CBio...24..910M. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016. PMID 24704078.


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