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Eupetomena is a genus in the hummingbird family Trochilidae. It contains two species which are both found in eastern South America.

Taxonomy

The genus Eupetomena was introduced in 1853 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate a single species, the swallow-tailed hummingbird which therefore becomes the type species.[1] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek eu (εὐ-) meaning "good" and the neuter participle petomena (πετόμενα) meaning "always on the wing" or "flying" (from petomai, πέτομαι, "to fly").[2] Literally, it can mean "the one that flies well, good flyer" (εὐπετόμενα).[3][4]

The genus contains two species:[5]

Genus Eupetomena – Gould, 1853 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Swallow-tailed hummingbird

Eupetomena macroura
(Gmelin, JF, 1788)

Five subspecies
  • E. m. macroura (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
  • E. m. simoni Hellmayr, 1929
  • E. m. cyanoviridis Grantsau, 1988
  • E. m. hirundo Gould, 1875
  • E. m. boliviana Zimmer, JT, 1950
Guianas, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay and northeast Argentina
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Sombre hummingbird

Eupetomena cirrochloris
(Vieillot, 1818) 		Brazil
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 



The sombre hummingbird was formerly placed in the genus Aphantochroa but based primarily on a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014, Aphantochroa has been merged into Eupetomena.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ Gould, John (1853). A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. Vol. 2. London: self. Plate 42 and text (Part 6 Plate 1). The 5 volumes were issued in 25 parts between 1849 and 1861. Title pages of all volumes bear the date of 1861.
  2. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. ^ "εὐ-", Wiktionary, 2020-10-24, retrieved 2023-04-11
  4. ^ "πέτομαι", Wiktionary, 2022-12-31, retrieved 2023-04-11
  5. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  6. ^ McGuire, J.; Witt, C.; Remsen, J.V.; Corl, A.; Rabosky, D.; Altshuler, D.; Dudley, R. (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds". Current Biology. 24 (8): 910–916. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016. PMID 24704078.
  7. ^ Stiles, F.G.; Remsen, J.V. Jr.; Mcguire, J.A. (2017). "The generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): Reconciling taxonomy with phylogeny". Zootaxa. 4353 (3): 401–424. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4353.3.


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