Streamertail
{{short description|Genus of birds}}
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| name = Streamertail
| image = Red-billed streamertail( Trochilus polytmus) adult male 2.jpg
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| taxon = Trochilus
| type_species = Trochilus polytmus
| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 1-2, see text
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The streamertails are hummingbirds in the genus Trochilus that are endemic to Jamaica. It is the type genus of the family Trochilidae. Today, most authorities consider the two taxa in this genus as separate species, but some (e.g. AOU) continue to treat them as conspecific, in which case T. scitulus is a subspecies of T. polytmus. A wide range of common names applies to this combined species, including green-and-black streamertail, Jamaican streamertail, or simply streamertail. The name "streamertail" is a reference to the greatly elongated rectrices of the males.
Taxonomy and species list
The genus Trochilus was introduced in 1758 by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae.{{cite book | last=Linnaeus | first=Carl | authorlink=Carl Linnaeus | year=1758 | title= Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis | volume=1 | edition=10th | page=119 | publisher=Laurentii Salvii | place=Holmiae (Stockholm) | language=Latin | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727024 }} The genus name is from the Ancient Greek τροχιλος/trokhilos, a small unidentified bird mentioned by Aristotle. Later authors assumed the word referred to a wren.{{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=391 }} The type species was subsequently designated as the red-billed streamertail.{{ 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=56 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480067 }}{{ cite book | last=Gray | first=George Robert | author-link=George Robert Gray | year=1840 | title=A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus | place=London | publisher=R. and J.E. Taylor | page=14 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13668908 }} In his Systema Naturae, Linnaeus included 18 species of hummingbirds, all of which he placed in Trochilus. Today, 12 of these species are still recognised, but only the red-billed streamertail is retained in its original genus.{{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=July 2020 | title=Hummingbirds | work=IOC World Bird List Version 10.2 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/hummingbirds/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=6 January 2020 }} Two species are now placed in the genus.
{{Species table |genus=Trochilus |authority-name=Linnaeus|authority-year=1758 |species-count=two|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Red-billed streamertail |binomial=Trochilus polytmus
|image=File:Red-billed Streamertail male RWD2.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=|image-caption=Male
|image2 =File:Red-billed streamertail (Trochilus polytmus) female.jpg|image2-caption=Female
|authority-name=Linnaeus|authority-year= 1758|authority-not-original=
|range= Jamaica
|range-image=File:Trochilus polytmus map.svg
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{{Species table/row
|name=Black-billed streamertail |binomial=Trochilus scitulus
|image=File:Black-billed Streamertail 2506940832.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Brewster & Bangs|authority-year= 1901 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= eastern Jamaica
|range-image=File:Trochilus scitulus map.svg
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References
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- Schuchmann, K. L. (1999). Genus Trochilus. Pp. 572 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., & Sargatal, K. eds. (1999). Handbook of the Birds of the World.. Vol. 5. Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. {{ISBN|84-87334-25-3}}
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Category:Hummingbird species of the Caribbean
Category:Endemic birds of Jamaica
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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