Heliodoxa Explained

Heliodoxa is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.

Taxonomy

The genus Heliodoxa was introduced in 1850 by the English ornithologist John Gould.^[1] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek hēlios meaning "sun" and doxa meaning "glory" or "magnificence".^[2] The type species was subsequently designated by Charles Lucien Bonaparte as the violet-fronted brilliant.^{[3] [4]}

The genus contains ten species:^[5]

Notes and References

1. Gould . John . John Gould . 1849 . Description of two new species with the characters of a new genus of the Trochilidae . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 17 . 195 . 95–96 . Although the title page is dated 1849, the article was not published until 1850.
2. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 188 .
3. Bonaparte . Charles Lucien . Charles Lucien Bonaparte . 1850 . Note sur les Trochilidés . French . Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences . 30 . 379–383 [380] .
4. Book: Peters . James Lee . James L. Peters . 1945 . Check-List of Birds of the World . 5 . Harvard University Press . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 87 .
5. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . July 2020 . Hummingbirds . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 2 January 2020 .