| Recently changed genus names within the
family |
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Hummingbirds
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| New name |
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Vernacular
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Old name |
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| Glaucis dohrnii |
(Bourcier & Mulsant)
1852 |
Hook-billed
Hermit |
Ramphodon dohrnii |
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Christoph Hinkelmann,
in: Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 5,
J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott & J. Sargatal (eds.), Barcelona, 1999
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| Anopetia gounellei |
(Boucard) 1891 |
Broad-tipped Hermit |
Phaethornis gounellei |
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Anopetia Simon 1918 |
| Campylopterus cuvierii |
(De Lattre & Bourcier)
1846 |
Scaly-breasted
Hummingbird |
Phaeochroa cuvierii |
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F. Gary Stiles,
in: Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 5,
J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott & J. Sargatal (eds.), Barcelona, 1999
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| Campylopterus macrourus |
(Gmelin) 1788 |
Swallow-tailed
Hummingbird |
Eupetomena macroura |
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Karl-Ludwig Schuchmann,
in: Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 5,
J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott & J. Sargatal (eds.), Barcelona, 1999
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| Florisuga fusca |
(Vieillot) 1817 |
Black Jacobin |
Melanotrochilus fuscus |
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| Discosura popelairii |
(Du Bus de Gisignies)
1846 |
Wire-crested
Thorntail |
Popelairia popelairii |
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Thomas Züchner,
in: Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 5,
J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott & J. Sargatal (eds.), Barcelona, 1999
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| Discosura langsdorffi |
(Temminck) 1821 |
Black-bellied
Thorntail |
Popelairia langsdorffi |
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| Discosura conversii |
(Bourcier & Mulsant) 1846 |
Green Thorntail |
Popelairia conversii |
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| Discosura letitiae |
(Bourcier & Mulsant) 1852 |
Coppery Thorntail |
Popelairia letitiae |
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| Chlorostilbon notatus |
(Reich,GC) 1793 |
Blue-chinned
Sapphire |
Chlorestes notatus |
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| Leucippus hypostictus |
(Gould) 1862 |
Many-spotted
Hummingbird |
Taphrospilus hypostictus |
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André-Alexander Weller,
in: Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 5,
J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott & J. Sargatal (eds.), Barcelona, 1999
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| Leucippus viridicauda |
(Berlepsch) 1883 |
Green-and-white
Hummingbird |
Amazilia viridicauda |
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| Leucippus chionogaster |
(Tschudi) 1845 |
White-bellied
Hummingbird |
Amazilia chionogaster |
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| Saucerottia saucerrottei |
(De Lattre & Bourcier) 1846 |
Steely-vented Hummingbird |
Amazilia saucerrottei |
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Saucerottia Bonaparte 1850 |
| Saucerottia cyanifrons |
(Bourcier) 1843 |
Indigo-capped Hummingbird |
Amazilia cyanifrons |
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| Saucerottia edward |
(De Lattre & Bourcier) 1846 |
Snowy-breasted Hummingbird |
Amazilia edward |
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| Saucerottia cyanura |
(Gould) 1859 |
Blue-tailed Hummingbird |
Amazilia cyanura |
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| Saucerottia beryllina |
(Deppe) 1830 |
Berylline Hummingbird |
Amazilia beryllina |
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| Saucerottia viridigaster |
(Bourcier) 1843 |
Green-bellied Hummingbird |
Amazilia viridigaster |
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| Saucerottia tobaci |
(Gmelin) 1788 |
Copper-rumped Hummingbird |
Amazilia tobaci |
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| Basilinna xantusii |
(Lawrence) 1860 |
Xantus's
Hummingbird |
Hylocharis xantusii |
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Peter E. Scott,
in: Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 5,
J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott & J. Sargatal (eds.), Barcelona, 1999
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| Basilinna leucotis |
(Vieillot) 1818 |
White-eared
Hummingbird |
Hylocharis leucotis |
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Basilinna Boie 1831 |
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