Doricha
| Doricha | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Female Mexican sheartail, Doricha eliza | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Mellisugini |
| Genus: | Doricha Reichenbach, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Trochilus enicurus (slender sheartail) Vieillot, 1818 | |
Doricha is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae that are found in Central America.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Doricha was introduced in 1854 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach to accommodate the slender sheartail which is thus the type species.[1][2] The genus name is that of Rhodopsis a celebrated Ancient Greek courtesan or hetaira.[3]
A 2014 molecular phylogenetic study by Jimmy McGuire and collaborators found that the genus Doricha was sister to the genus Calothorax.[4]
The genus contains the following two species:[5]
| Male | Female | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Slender sheartail | Doricha enicura |  |
 |  | Mexican sheartail | Doricha eliza |  |
References
[edit]- ↑ 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].
- ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 132–133.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
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