Urochroa
Genus of birds
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Urochroa is a genus of hummingbird containing two recently-split species.
| Urochroa | |
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| Urochroa bougueri from A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds Volume 2 (1861) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheini |
| Genus: | Urochroa Gould, 1856 |
| Type species | |
| Trochilus bougueri (rufous-gaped hillstar) Bourcier, 1851 | |
| Species | |
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Taxonomy
The genus Urochroa was introduced in 1856 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate the rufous-gaped hillstar which is thus the type species.[1][2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek oura meaning "tail" with khroa meaning "colour" or "complexion".[3]
The green-backed hillstar was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the rufous-gaped hillstar.[4][5]
Species
The genus contains two species.[5]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Rufous-gaped hillstar
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Urochroa bougueri (Bourcier, 1851) |
southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Green-backed hillstar
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Urochroa leucura Lawrence, 1864 |
southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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