Selasphorus

Translingual

Selasphorus rufus, female

Etymology

Ancient Greek σελασφόρος (selasphóros, “light-bearing”), from σέλας (sélas, “light”) and -φόρος ("bearer").

Proper noun

Selasphorus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – certain hummingbirds.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Apodiformes – order; Trochilidae – family; Trochilinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Selasphorus ardens (glow-throated hummingbird), Selasphorus calliope (Calliope hummingbird), Selasphorus flammula (volcano hummingbird), Selasphorus platycercus (broad-tailed hummingbird), Selasphorus rufus (rufous hummingbird), Selasphorus sasin (Allen's hummingbird), Selasphorus scintilla (scintillant hummingbird) (species)

References

• Selasphorus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Selasphorus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Selasphorus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Selasphorus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Selasphorus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN