Lucifer Hummingbird Calothorax lucifer Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Monotypic
Peter E. Scott
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1994
Text last updated January 1, 1994
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí lucífer |
| Czech | kalypta zelenoboká |
| Dutch | Luciferkolibrie |
| English | Lucifer Hummingbird |
| English (United States) | Lucifer Hummingbird |
| French | Colibri lucifer |
| French (France) | Colibri lucifer |
| German | Luzifersternkolibri |
| Icelandic | Ljósbríi |
| Japanese | アカヒゲハチドリ |
| Norwegian | luciferkolibri |
| Polish | koliberek pustynny |
| Russian | Сверкающий люцифер |
| Serbian | Kolibri lučonoša |
| Slovak | čmeľovec svetličkový |
| Spanish | Colibrí Luminoso |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Colibrí Lucifer |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí luminoso |
| Swedish | luciferkolibri |
| Turkish | Işıldayan Kolibri |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі-білозір пустельний |
Calothorax lucifer (Swainson, 1827)
PROTONYM:
Cynanthus Lucifer
Swainson, 1827. The Philosophical Magazine, New Series n.s., 1, p.442.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Temescai 1 tepee, Mexico
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CALOTHORAX
- lucifer
- Lucifer
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)
Originally Appeared in
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Distribution of the Lucifer Hummingbird
