Lampornithini is one of the three
tribes
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that make up the
subfamily
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Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classifica ...
Trochilinae
Trochilinae is one of the six subfamilies that make up the hummingbird family Trochilidae.
The subfamily is divided into three tribes: Lampornithini (mountain gems) containing 18 species, Mellisugini (bees) containing 37 species and Trochili ...
in the hummingbird
family
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Trochilidae
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. The other two tribes in the subfamily are
Mellisugini
Mellisugini is one of the three tribes that make up the subfamily Trochilinae in the hummingbird family Trochilidae. The other two tribes in the subfamily are Lampornithini (mountain gems) and Trochilini (emeralds).
The informal name "bees" has ...
(bees) and
Trochilini
Trochilini is one of the three tribes that make up the subfamily Trochilinae in the hummingbird family Trochilidae. The other two tribes in the subfamily are Lampornithini (mountain gems) and Mellisugini (bees).
The informal name "emeralds" ha ...
(emeralds).
The informal name "mountain gems" has been proposed for this group. The largest genus ''
Lampornis'' contains eight species with "mountaingem" in their common name.
The tribe contains 18 species divided into 7 genera.
Phylogeny
A
molecular phylogenetic
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study of the hummingbirds published in 2007 found that the family was composed of nine major
clades
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.
When
Edward Dickinson
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and
James Van Remsen Jr. updated the ''
Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World
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'' for the 4th edition in 2013 they based their classification on these results and placed three of the nine clades in the
subfamily
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Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classifica ...
Trochilinae
Trochilinae is one of the six subfamilies that make up the hummingbird family Trochilidae.
The subfamily is divided into three tribes: Lampornithini (mountain gems) containing 18 species, Mellisugini (bees) containing 37 species and Trochili ...
. The clades were placed in separate
tribes
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which were named Lampornithini (mountain gems),
Mellisugini
Mellisugini is one of the three tribes that make up the subfamily Trochilinae in the hummingbird family Trochilidae. The other two tribes in the subfamily are Lampornithini (mountain gems) and Trochilini (emeralds).
The informal name "bees" has ...
(bees), and
Trochilini
Trochilini is one of the three tribes that make up the subfamily Trochilinae in the hummingbird family Trochilidae. The other two tribes in the subfamily are Lampornithini (mountain gems) and Mellisugini (bees).
The informal name "emeralds" ha ...
(emeralds). The tribe Lampornithini with the current circumscription was introduced in 2009.
[ A subfamily based on the genus '' Lampornis'' was introduced by William Jardine in 1833. The name Lampornithinae was used by Charles Bonaparte in 1842.
]Molecular phylogenetic
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studies by Jimmy McGuire and collaborators published between 2007 and 2014 determined the relationships between the major groups of hummingbirds.cladogram
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below the English names are those introduced in 1997.[
]
Taxonomic list
The tribe contains 7 genera.[
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References
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