Genus of birds
Chalcostigma is a genus of South American hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae .
Taxonomy and species list
The genus Chalcostigma was introduced in 1854 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach .[ 1] The type species was subsequently designated as the bronze-tailed thornbill by George Gray .[ 2] [ 3] The name of the genus is derived from the Greek khalkos meaning bronze and stigme for a spot or mark, a reference to the beard on the bronze-tailed thornbill .[ 4]
The genus contains the following five species:[ 5]
Genus Chalcostigma – Reichenbach , 1854 – five species
Common name
Scientific name and subspecies
Range
Size and ecology
IUCN status and estimated population
Rufous-capped thornbill
Chalcostigma ruficeps (Gould, 1846)
Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru
Size : Habitat : Diet :
LC
Olivaceous thornbill
Chalcostigma olivaceum (Lawrence, 1864)
Bolivia and Peru
Size : Habitat : Diet :
LC
Blue-mantled thornbill
Chalcostigma stanleyi (Bourcier, 1851)
C. s. stanleyi (Bourcier, 1851)
C. s. versigulare (Zimmer, 1924)
C. s. vulcani (Gould, 1852)
Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru
Size : Habitat : Diet :
LC
Bronze-tailed thornbill
Chalcostigma heteropogon (Boissonneau, 1840)
Colombia and Venezuela
Size : Habitat : Diet :
LC
Rainbow-bearded thornbill
Male
Female
Chalcostigma herrani (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846)
Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Size : Habitat : Diet :
LC
References
^ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1854). "Aufzählung der Colibris Oder Trochilideen in ihrer wahren natürlichen Verwandtschaft, nebst Schlüssel ihrer Synonymik" . Journal für Ornithologie (Supplement) (in German). 1 : 1–24 [12].
^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum . London: British Museum. p. 141.
^ Peters, James Lee , ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World . Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 121.
^ Jobling, James A. (1991). A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Oxford: Oxford University Press . p. 48. ISBN 0-19-854634-3 .
^ Gill, Frank ; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela , eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds" . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2 . International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2021 .