Selasphorus
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Selasphorus rufus, female
Translingual
Etymology
Ancient Greek σελασφόρος (selasphóros, “light-bearing”), from σέλας (sélas, “light”) and -φόρος ("bearer").
Proper noun
Selasphorus m
- 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
