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Phaethornis
Phaethornis
Translingual
Proper noun
Phaethornis m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Animalia - kingdom; Chordata - phylum; Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Apodiformes - order; Trochilidae - family; Phaethornithinae - subfamily
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276