White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Subspecies (3)
Marîa del Coro Arizmendi, Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, Carlos A. Soberanes-González, and Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.1 — Published August 18, 2021
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí d'orelles blanques |
| Czech | kolibřík bělouchý |
| Dutch | Witoorsaffierkolibrie |
| English | White-eared Hummingbird |
| English (United States) | White-eared Hummingbird |
| French | Colibri à oreilles blanches |
| French (France) | Colibri à oreilles blanches |
| German | Purpurstirn-Saphirkolibri |
| Icelandic | Eyrnabríi |
| Japanese | ミミジロサファイアハチドリ |
| Norwegian | hvitørekolibri |
| Polish | szafirek białouchy |
| Russian | Белоухий колибри |
| Slovak | kolibrík borinový |
| Spanish | Colibrí Orejiblanco |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Colibrí Oreja Blanca |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Colibrí Orejas Blancas |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí orejiblanco |
| Swedish | vitörad kolibri |
| Turkish | Ak Kulaklı Kolibri |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі-сапфір мексиканський |
Basilinna leucotis (Vieillot, 1818)
PROTONYM:
Trochilus leucotis
Vieillot, 1818. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 23, p.428.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Brazil, error, Orizaba, Vera Cruz designated as type locality by Griscom, supra. 1
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- BASILINNA
- leucotis
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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)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White-eared Hummingbird
