Amazilia
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Amazilia is a hummingbird genus in the subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in tropical Central and South America.
Taxonomy
The genus Amazilia was introduced in 1843 by the French naturalist René Lesson.[1] Lesson had used amazilia in 1827 as the specific epithet of the amazilia hummingbird which is now the only species placed in the genus Amazilis.[2][3] The name comes from the Inca heroine in Jean-François Marmontel's novel Les Incas, ou la destruction de l'Empire du Pérou.[4][5] The type species was subsequently designated as the cinnamon hummingbird.[6][7]
The genus contains four species:[3]
- Cinnamon hummingbird, Amazilia rutila
- Buff-bellied hummingbird, Amazilia yucatanensis
- Rufous-tailed hummingbird, Amazilia tzacatl
- Honduran emerald, Amazilia luciae
An additional species is sometimes included:
- Guanacaste hummingbird, Amazilia alfaroana (disputed)
This genus formerly included many more species. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the large genus was polyphyletic.[8] In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, species were moved to Leucolia, Saucerottia, Amazilis, Uranomitra, Chrysuronia, Polyerata, Chionomesa, Elliotomyia and Chlorestes.[3][9]
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