# Streamertail

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Genus of birds

"Trochilus" redirects here. For other uses, see [Trochilus (disambiguation)](/source/Trochilus_(disambiguation)).

Streamertail Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: Strisores Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae Tribe: Trochilini Genus: Trochilus Linnaeus, 1758 Type species Trochilus polytmus Linnaeus, 1758 Species 1-2, see text

The **streamertails** are [hummingbirds](/source/Hummingbird) in the [genus](/source/Genus) ***Trochilus*** that are [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica). It is the [type genus](/source/Type_genus) of the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Trochilidae](/source/Trochilidae). Today, most authorities consider the two [taxa](/source/Taxa) in this genus as separate species, but some (e.g. [AOU](/source/American_Ornithologists'_Union)) continue to treat them as [conspecific](/source/Conspecific), in which case *T. scitulus* is a [subspecies](/source/Subspecies) of *T. polytmus*. A wide range of [common names](/source/Common_name) applies to this combined species, including **green-and-black streamertail**, **Jamaican streamertail**, or simply **streamertail**. The name "streamertail" is a reference to the greatly elongated [rectrices](/source/Rectrices) of the males.

## Taxonomy and species list

The genus *Trochilus* was introduced in 1758 by Swedish naturalist [Carl Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus) in the [10th edition](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae) of his *[Systema Naturae](/source/Systema_Naturae)*.[1] The genus name is from the [Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek) τροχιλος/*trokhilos*, a small unidentified bird mentioned by [Aristotle](/source/Aristotle). Later authors assumed the word referred to a wren.[2] The [type species](/source/Type_species) was subsequently designated as the red-billed streamertail.[3][4] In his *Systema Naturae*, Linnaeus included 18 species of hummingbirds, all of which he placed in *Trochilus*. Today, 12 of these species are still recognised, but only the red-billed streamertail is retained in its original genus.[1][5] Two species are now placed in the genus.[5]

Genus Trochilus – Linnaeus, 1758 – two species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Red-billed streamertail Male Female Trochilus polytmus Linnaeus, 1758 Jamaica Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Black-billed streamertail Trochilus scitulus (Brewster & Bangs, 1901) eastern Jamaica Size: Habitat: Diet: LC

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-linnaeus_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-linnaeus_1-1) [Linnaeus, Carl](/source/Carl_Linnaeus) (1758). [*Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis*](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727024) (in Latin). Vol. 1 (10th ed.). Holmiae (Stockholm): Laurentii Salvii. p. 119.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Jobling, James A. (2010). *The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names*. London: Christopher Helm. p. 391. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4081-2501-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4081-2501-4).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Peters, James Lee](/source/James_L._Peters), ed. (1945). [*Check-List of Birds of the World*](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480067). Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 56.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Gray, George Robert](/source/George_Robert_Gray) (1840). [*A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus*](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13668908). London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 14.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ioc_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ioc_5-1) [Gill, Frank](/source/Frank_Gill_(ornithologist)); Donsker, David; [Rasmussen, Pamela](/source/Pamela_Rasmussen), eds. (July 2020). ["Hummingbirds"](http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/hummingbirds/). *IOC World Bird List Version 10.2*. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

- Schuchmann, K. L. (1999). Genus Trochilus. Pp. 572 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., & Sargatal, K. eds. (1999). *Handbook of the Birds of the World.*. Vol. 5. Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [84-87334-25-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/84-87334-25-3)

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Taxon identifiers Trochilus Wikidata: Q687310 Wikispecies: Trochilus ADW: Trochilus Avibase: 0D8F2DB59D15F552 BOLD: 95405 CoL: 82QP EoL: 45509541 GBIF: 5429300 iNaturalist: 6413 ITIS: 553691 NCBI: 1109100 Paleobiology Database: 371958 Plazi: D6CEE292-0F8E-CBDB-E3BD-932E0D6D5B7A ZooBank: 5BA3AE9A-21A2-454E-BCD4-008ADBAA64F9

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