Selasphorus

The genus Selasphorus was introduced in 1832 by the English naturalist William Swainson to accommodate the rufous hummingbird which is now the type species.{{ cite book | last1=Swainson | first1=William | author1-link=William Swainson | last2=Richardson | first2=J. | author2-link=John Richardson (naturalist) | year=1831 | title=Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America | volume=Part 2. The Birds | publisher=J. Murray | place=London | page=324 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41549739 }} The title page bears the year 1831 but the volume did not appear until 1832.{{ 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=141 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480152 }} The name combines the Ancient Greek selas meaning "light" or "flame" with -phoros meaning "-carrying".{{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=352 }}

The genus contains the following nine 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 |name-list-style=amp | date=July 2020 | title=Hummingbirds | work=IOC World Bird List Version 10.2 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/hummingbirds/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=11 January 2020 }}

{{Species table |genus= Selasphorus|authority-name=Swainson|authority-year= 1832 |species-count=nine|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}

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|name=Glow-throated hummingbird |binomial=Selasphorus ardens

|image=File:Selasphorus ardens 1902.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=

|authority-name=Salvin |authority-year=1870 |authority-not-original=

|range= western Panama

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|name= Calliope hummingbird|binomial=Selasphorus calliope

|image=File:Calliope hummingbird, Stellula calliope; male, gorget from side 01.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=|image-caption=Male

|image2 =File:Calliope Hummingbird m.jpg|image2-caption=Female

|authority-name=Gould|authority-year=1847 |authority-not-original=yes

|range= California to British Columbia, and migrates to the Southwestern United States, Mexico

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|name=Wine-throated hummingbird |binomial=Selasphorus ellioti

|image=File:Wine-throated Hummingbird (Atthis ellioti).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=

|authority-name=Ridgway |authority-year= 1878|authority-not-original=yes

|range= El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.

|range-image=File:Atthis ellioti map.svg

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|S. e. ellioti

|S. e. selasphoroides

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|name=Volcano hummingbird |binomial=Selasphorus flammula

|image=File:Volcano Hummingbird (cropped).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=|image-caption=Male

|image2 =File:Volcano Hummingbird fem - Cloud Forest - Costa Rica MG 6814 (26084726414).jpg|image2-caption=Female

|authority-name=Salvin |authority-year= 1865|authority-not-original=yes

|range= Costa Rica and western Panama.

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| S. f. flammula

|S. f. torridus

| S. f. simoni

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|name= Bumblebee hummingbird|binomial=Selasphorus heloisa

|image=File:Bumblebee Hummingbird (Atthis heloisa) (8079384589).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=|image-caption=Male

|image2 =File:Atthis heloisa 49954612.jpg|image2-caption=Female

|authority-name=Lesson & Delattre|authority-year=1839 |authority-not-original=yes

|range= Mexico

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|S. h. heloisa

|S. h. margarethae

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|name=Broad-tailed hummingbird |binomial=Selasphorus platycercus

|image=File:Broad-Tailed Hummingbird on Branch (50365949817).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=|image-caption=Male

|image2 =File:Broad-tailed Hummingbird (female) Greenhouse Trail Portal AZ 2018-09-07 10-34-03 (44941717824).jpg|image2-caption=Female

|authority-name=Swainson |authority-year=1827 |authority-not-original=yes

|range= western United States and Western Canada to Mexico and Guatemala.

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|name=Rufous hummingbird |binomial=Selasphorus rufus

|image=File:Rufous Humming Bird (52253804217).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=|image-caption=Male

|image2 =File:Rufous Hummingbird, female 02.jpg|image2-caption=Female

|authority-name=Gmelin, JF |authority-year=1788 |authority-not-original=yes

|range= western United States and Mexican state of Guerrero

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|name=Allen's hummingbird |binomial=Selasphorus sasin

|image=File:Hummingbird (50879530403).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=|image-caption=Male

|image2 =File:Allen's-Rufous Hummingbird (f) (34973246283).jpg|image2-caption=Female

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

|range= coastal California from Santa Barbara north, southern coastal Oregon, and southern central Mexico.

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|S. s. sasin (Lesson, R, 1829)

| S. s. sedentarius Grinnell, 1929

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|name=Scintillant hummingbird |binomial=Selasphorus scintilla

|image=File:Scintillant Hummingbird RWD2.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=|image-caption=Male

|image2 =File:Scintillant hummingbird savegre hotel 3.30.24 DSC 3209-topaz-denoiseraw-sharpen.jpg|image2-caption=Female

|authority-name=Gould |authority-year= 1851|authority-not-original=yes

|range= Costa Rica and Panama

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The wine-throated hummingbird and the bumblebee hummingbird were formerly placed in the genus Atthis. Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2014 and 2017 found that Atthis was embedded within Selasphorus. The genera were therefore merged and these hummingbirds were moved to Selasphorus.{{ cite journal | last1=McGuire | first1=J. | last2=Witt | first2=C. | last3=Remsen | first3=J.V. | last4=Corl | first4=A. | last5=Rabosky | first5=D. | last6=Altshuler | first6=D. | last7=Dudley | first7=R. |name-list-style=amp | date=2014 | title=Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds | journal=Current Biology | volume=24 | issue=8 | pages=910–916 | doi=10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016 | pmid=24704078 | doi-access=free | bibcode=2014CBio...24..910M }}{{Cite journal | last1=Licona-Vera | first1=Yuyini | last2=Ornelas | first2=Juan Francisco |name-list-style=amp | date=2017 | title=The conquering of North America: dated phylogenetic and biogeographic inference of migratory behavior in bee hummingbirds | journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology | volume=17 | issue=1 | page=126 | doi=10.1186/s12862-017-0980-5 | pmid=28583078 | pmc=5460336 | doi-access=free| bibcode=2017BMCEE..17..126L }}

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