Actual hummingbirds

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Real hummingbirds

Obsolete systematic group

The taxon dealt with here is not part of the systematics presented in the German-language Wikipedia. More information can be found in the article text.

Black-chin hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)

Black-chin hummingbird ( Archilochus alexandri )

Systematics
Sub-stem : Vertebrates (vertebrata)
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Sailor birds (Apodiformes)
Family : Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Paraphyletic taxon :
Family : Real hummingbirds
Scientific name
Trochilinae
Vigors , 1825

The actual hummingbirds (Trochilinae) form in the traditional system together with the hermits (Phaethornithinae) as subfamilies the family of the hummingbirds (Trochilidae) . More recent taxonomic studies present the systematics of the hummingbirds differently and divide them into nine main clades.

Web links

Commons : Trochilidae  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ^ ITIS Standard Report Page: Trochilidae. Retrieved November 24, 2018 .
  2. Jimmy A. McGuire, Christopher C. Witt, Douglas L. Altshuler, JV Remsen: Phylogenetic Systematics and Biogeography of Hummingbirds: Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood Analyzes of Partitioned Data and Selection of an Appropriate Partitioning Strategy . In: Systematic Biology . tape 56 , no. 5 , October 1, 2007, p. 837-856 , doi : 10.1080 / 10635150701656360 .