Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Monotypic
Alaine F. Camfield, William A. Calder, and Lorene L. Calder
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 25, 2013
Text last updated September 25, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí cuaample |
| Czech | kalypta širokoocasá |
| Dutch | Breedstaartkolibrie |
| English | Broad-tailed Hummingbird |
| English (United States) | Broad-tailed Hummingbird |
| French | Colibri à queue large |
| French (France) | Colibri à queue large |
| German | Breitschwanzelfe |
| Icelandic | Holtabríi |
| Japanese | フトオハチドリ |
| Norwegian | bredhalekolibri |
| Polish | rudaczek szerokosterny |
| Russian | Широкохвостый колибри |
| Serbian | Širokorepi kolibri |
| Slovak | čmeľovec širokochvostý |
| Spanish | Colibrí Coliancho |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Zumbador Cola Ancha |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí coliancho |
| Swedish | bredstjärtad kolibri |
| Turkish | Geniş Kuyruklu Kolibri |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі-крихітка широкохвостий |
Selasphorus platycercus (Swainson, 1827)
PROTONYM:
Trochilus platycercus
Swainson, 1827. The Philosophical Magazine, New Series n.s., 1, p.441.
TYPE LOCALITY:
No locality = Mexico.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- SELASPHORUS
- PLATYCERCUS
- platycercus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Broad-tailed Hummingbird
