Goldenthroat Explained

The goldenthroats are a small group of hummingbirds in the genus Polytmus.

The genus Polytmus was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the type species as Polytmus guainumbi thaumantias, a subspecies of the white-tailed goldenthroat.^{[1] [2]} The name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek πολυτιμος polutimos "very costly", "valuable".^[3]

The genus contains three species:^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Brisson, Mathurin Jacques . Mathurin Jacques Brisson . 1760 . Ornithologie, ou, Méthode Contenant la Division des Oiseaux en Ordres, Sections, Genres, Especes & leurs Variétés . French, Latin . Vol. 1, p. 40, Vol. 3, p. 667 . Paris . Jean-Baptiste Bauche .
2. Book: Peters . James Lee . James L. Peters . 1945 . Check-list of Birds of the World . 5 . Harvard University Press . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 57 .
3. Web site: Jobling . J.A. . 2019 . Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology . del Hoyo . J. . Elliott . A. . Sargatal . J. . Christie . D.A. . de Juana . E. . Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive . Lynx Edicions . 3 April 2019 .
4. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2019 . Hummingbirds . World Bird List Version 9.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 3 April 2019 .