Firecrown

Firecrown
Green-backed firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Tribe:	Lesbiini
Genus:	Sephanoides G.R. Gray, 1840
Type species
Mellisuga kingii[1] Vigors, 1827
Species
S. sephaniodes S. fernandensis

The firecrowns are the genus Sephanoides of the hummingbirds.

Species

There are two species.[2]

Genus Sephanoides – G.R. Gray, 1840 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Green-backed firecrown	Sephanoides sephaniodes (Lesson & Garnot, 1827)	Argentina and Chile	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Juan Fernández firecrown	Sephanoides fernandensis (King, 1831) Two subspecies S. f. fernandensis †S. f. leyboldi	Isla Róbinson Crusoe, Chile	Size: Habitat: Diet:	CR

The green-backed firecrown occurs widely in Argentina and Chile, but the Juan Fernández firecrown is found solely on Isla Róbinson Crusoe, one of a three-island archipelago belonging to Chile.

Both species will hang from flower petals or leaves with their feet. They feed on nectar and insects

References

1. "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

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