Calypte

The genus Calypte was introduced in 1856 by the English ornithologist John Gould.{{ cite book | last=Gould | first=John | author-link=John Gould | year=1856 | title=A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds | volume=4 | location=London | publisher=self | at=Plates 134, 135, 136 and text (Part 11, Plates 5, 6 and 7) | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35246269 }} The 5 volumes were issued in 25 parts between 1849 and 1861. Title pages of all volumes bear the date of 1861. The type species was subsequently designated as Costa's hummingbird.{{ cite book | editor-last=Peters | editor-first=James Lee | editor-link=James L. Peters | year=1945 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=5 | publisher=Harvard University Press | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=136 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480147 }} Gould did not explain the derivation of the genus name but it is probably from the Ancient Greek kaluptrē meaning "woman’s veil" or "head-dress" (from kaluptō meaning "to cover").{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=86 }} The genus now contains two species.{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=January 2021 | title=Hummingbirds | work=IOC World Bird List Version 11.1 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/hummingbirds/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=1 March 2021 }}

{{Species table |genus=Calypte |authority-name=Gould|authority-year= 1856 |species-count=two|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}

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|name=Anna's hummingbird|binomial=Calypte anna

|image=File:Anna's Hummingbird- San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary (4415114665).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=|image-caption=Male

|image2 =File:Hummingbird in GGP.jpg|image2-caption=Female

|authority-name=Lesson|authority-year= 1829|authority-not-original=yes

|range= United States(Oregon, Washington, California), Canada, and Baja California, Mexico

|range-image=File:Calypte anna map.svg

|range-image-size=180px

|size={{convert|3.9|to|4.3|in|cm|abbr=on}} long with a wingspan of {{convert|4.7|in|cm}} and a weight range of {{convert|0.1|to|0.2|oz|g|abbr=on}}{{cite web | title = Anna's Hummingbird | url =http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/annas_hummingbird/|publisher=Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY|date=2023| access-date =3 May 2023}}

|habitat=chaparral up to altitude of 2,825 meters

|hunting=nectar and flying insects

|iucn-status= LC

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|name=Costa's hummingbird|binomial=Calypte costae

|image=File:Costas-hummingbird.JPG|image-size=180px |image-alt=|image-caption=Male

|image2 =File:Costas Hummingbird female RWD2.jpg|image2-caption=Female

|authority-name=Bourcier|authority-year= 1839|authority-not-original=yes

|range= Southwestern United States and the Baja California Peninsula of Mexico.

|range-image=File:Calypte costae map.svg

|range-image-size=180px

|size={{convert|3|-|3.5|in|cm|abbr=on}} in length, with a wingspan of 11 cm, and an average weight of 3.05 g for males and 3.22 g for females.

|habitat=arid brushy deserts and gardens

|hunting=flower nectar and small insects

|iucn-status= LC

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{{Reflist}}

• "National Geographic". Field Guide to the Birds of North America. {{ISBN|0-7922-6877-6}}.

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Category:Hummingbirds

Category:Bird genera

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