Swallow-tailed Hummingbird
Eupetomena macroura(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Swallow-tailed Hummingbird
The Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
- Scientific name
- Eupetomena macroura
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Swallow-tailed Hummingbird
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Eupetomena macroura macroura
- Eupetomena macroura simoni
- Eupetomena macroura cyanoviridis
- Eupetomena macroura hirundo
- Eupetomena macroura boliviana
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus macrourus
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- Jamaica, error, Cayenne designated as type locality by Hellmayr, antea, p. 387.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.487
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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