Nesophlox Explained

Nesophlox is a genus in the family of Hummingbirds. It consists of two endemic hummingbirds of the Bahamas.

Species

The genus contains two species:^[1]

Image	Name	Common name	Distribution
	Nesophlox evelynae	Bahama woodstar,	Bahama and Turks and Caicos islands
	Nesophlox lyrura	Inagua woodstar	Inagua in the Bahamas.

These species were formerly placed in the genus Calliphlox. Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2014 and 2017 found that the genus Calliphlox was polyphyletic.^{[2] [3]} In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, the Bahama woodstar and the Inagua woodstar were moved to the resurrected genus Nesophlox that had been introduced by Robert Ridgway in 1910.^{[1] [4]}

Notes and References

1. 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 . 8 January 2020 .
2. McGuire . J. . Witt . C. . Remsen . J.V. . Corl . A. . Rabosky . D. . Altshuler . D. . Dudley . R. . 2014 . Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds . Current Biology . 24 . 8 . 910–916 . 10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016 . 24704078 . free . 2014CBio...24..910M .
3. Licona-Vera . Yuyini . Ornelas . Juan Francisco . 2017 . The conquering of North America: dated phylogenetic and biogeographic inference of migratory behavior in bee hummingbirds . BMC Evolutionary Biology . 17 . 1 . 126 . 10.1186/s12862-017-0980-5 . 28583078 . 5460336 . free. 2017BMCEE..17..126L .
4. Chesser . R.T. . Burns . K.J. . Cicero . C. . Dunn . J.L. . Kratter . A.W . Lovette . I.J. . Rasmussen . P.C. . Remsen . J.V. Jr . Stotz . D.F. . Winker . K. . 2019 . Sixtieth supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds . The Auk . 136 . 3 . 1–23 . 10.1093/auk/ukz042 . free .