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{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
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{{for|ancient Greek courtesan|Rhodopis (hetaera)}}
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{{Automatic Taxobox
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = ''Doricha''
| name = ''Doricha''
| image = Doricha eliza b.jpg
| image = Doricha eliza b.jpg
| image_caption = [[Mexican sheartail]], ''Doricha eliza''
| image_caption = [[Mexican sheartail]], ''Doricha eliza''
| taxon = Doricha
| taxon = Doricha
| authority = [[Ludwig Reichenbach|L. Reichenbach]], 1854
| authority = [[Ludwig Reichenbach|Reichenbach]], 1854
| type_species = ''Trochilus enicurus'' ([[slender sheartail]])
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| type_species_authority = [[Louis Pierre Vieillot|Vieillot]], 1818
| subdivision = 2, see text
| synonyms =
| synonyms =
}}
}}


'''''Doricha''''' is a genus of [[hummingbird]] in the [[Trochilidae]] family.
'''''Doricha''''' is a [[genus]] of [[hummingbird]]s in the family [[Trochilidae]].

It contains the following species:<ref name=itis>{{ITIS |id=553742 |taxon=Doricha |accessdate=25 November 2011}}</ref>
==Taxonomy==
* [[Mexican sheartail]] ''(Doricha eliza)''
The genus Doricha was introduced in 1854 by the German naturalist [[Ludwig Reichenbach]] to accommodate the [[slender sheartail]] which is thus the [[type species]].<ref>{{ cite journal | last=Reichenbach | first=Ludwig | author-link=Ludwig Reichenbach | year=1854 | title=Aufzählung der Colibris Oder Trochilideen in ihrer wahren natürlichen Verwandtschaft, nebst Schlüssel ihrer Synonymik | journal=Journal für Ornithologie (Supplement) | volume=1 | pages=1–24 [12] | language=German | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13867390 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | editor-last=Peters | editor-first=James Lee | editor-link=James L. Peters | year=1945 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=5 | publisher=Harvard University Press | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | pages=132–133 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480143 }}</ref> The genus name is that of [[Rhodopis (hetaera)|Rhodopsis]] a celebrated Ancient Greek courtesan or [[hetaira]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=139 | url=https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n139/mode/1up }}</ref>
* [[Slender sheartail]] ''(Doricha enicura)''

The genus contains the following species:<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=August 2022 | title=Hummingbirds | work=IOC World Bird List Version 12.2 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/hummingbirds/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=15 September 2022 }}</ref>
{{Species table |genus=Doricha |authority-name=[[Ludwig Reichenbach|Reichenbach]]|authority-year= 1854 |species-count=two|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}

{{Species table/row
|name=Mexican sheartail|binomial=[[Doricha eliza]]
|image=File:Doricha eliza 109753702.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Lesson, RP & Delattre|authority-year= 1839|authority-not-original=yes
|range= Mexico
|range-image=File:Doricha eliza map.svg
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= NT
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies=
}}

{{Species table/row
|name=Slender sheartail|binomial=[[Doricha enicura]]
|image=File:Doricha enicura 107113849.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Vieillot|authority-year= 1818|authority-not-original=yes
|range= El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.
|range-image=File:Doricha enicura map.svg
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= LC
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies=
}}
{{Species table/end}}



== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Trochilidae]]
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[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Ludwig Reichenbach]]




Latest revision as of 04:42, 18 February 2024

For ancient Greek courtesan, see Rhodopis (hetaera).

Doricha
Mexican sheartail, Doricha eliza
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
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.

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]

The genus contains the following species:[4]

Genus Doricha – Reichenbach, 1854 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Mexican sheartail

Doricha eliza
(Lesson, RP & Delattre, 1839) 		Mexico
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 NT 


Slender sheartail

Doricha enicura
(Vieillot, 1818) 		El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 



References[edit]

  1. ^ 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].
  2. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 132–133.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 September 2022.


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