Archilochus (bird)
Archilochus is a genus of hummingbirds. It consists of two small migratory species which breed in North America and winter in Central America, Mexico and the southern United States.
| Archilochus | |
|---|---|
| Male ruby-throated hummingbird | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Mellisugini |
| Genus: | Archilochus Reichenbach, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Trochilus alexandri | |
| Species | |
|
2, see text | |
The genus Archilochus was introduced in 1854 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach with the black-chinned hummingbird as the type species. The name Archilochus is that of a Greek lyric poet from the island of Paros who lived around 650 BC. Two species are placed in the genus.
| Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archilochus colubris | Ruby-throated hummingbird | Central America, Mexico, and Florida, and migrates to Eastern North America | |
| Archilochus alexandri | Black-chinned hummingbird | Western United States, reaching north into Canada in Alberta and British Columbia, east to Oklahoma, and as far south as Mexico. | |
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