Basilinna (bird)
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Genus of birds
| Basilinna | |
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| White-eared hummingbird, Basilinna leucotis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Trochilini |
| Genus: | Basilinna F. Boie, 1831 |
| Species | |
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Basilinna is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.
The genus contains only two species:[1]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| White-eared hummingbird
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Basilinna leucotis (Vieillot, 1818) Three subspecies
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southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and western Texas through the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental of northern Mexico and the Cordillera Neovolcanica of southern Mexico to southern Nicaragua | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Xantus's hummingbird
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Basilinna xantusii (Lawrence, 1860) |
southern Baja Peninsula of Mexico |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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References
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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