Jacobin (hummingbird) | |
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Black jacobin, (Florisuga fusca) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Subfamily: | Florisuginae |
Genus: |
Florisuga Bonaparte, 1850 |
Type species | |
Trochilus mellivorus
Linnaeus, 1758
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Species | |
2, see text |
The jacobins are two species of hummingbirds in the genus Florisuga.
The genus Florisuga was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The name combines the Latin flos, floris meaning "flower" with sugere meaning "to suck". [1] The type species is the white-necked jacobin. [2]
The genus contains the following species: [3]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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White-necked jacobin |
Florisuga mellivora ( Linnaeus, 1758) |
Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Black jacobin |
Florisuga fusca (Vieillot, 1817) |
eastern Brazil, Uruguay, eastern Paraguay, and far north-eastern Argentina |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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