Cynanthus
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| Cynanthus | |
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| Broad-billed hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Trochilini |
| Genus: | Cynanthus Swainson, 1827 |
| Type species | |
| Cynanthus latirostris Swainson, 1827 | |
| Species | |
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Cynanthus is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. The species are found in Mexico and Central America.
The genus Cynanthus was introduced in 1827 by the English zoologist William Swainson.[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek κυανος/kuanos meaning "dark-blue" with ανθος/anthos meaning "blossom" or "flower".[2] Swainson listed four species in his new genus but did not specify the type.[1] In 1907 the American ornithologist Witmer Stone designated the type as Cynanthus latirostris Swainson, 1827, the broad-billed hummingbird.[3][4]
A 2014 molecular phylogenetic study by Jimmy McGuire and collaborators found that the genus Cynanthus was sister to the genus Chlorostilbon containing the emeralds.[5]
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